Total Crime Rate

46.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.1 5/10
  • Violent crimes 31.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Peckham Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Goose Green , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peckham Road (SE15 5BE) in the last 12 months was 46.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Goose Green average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peckham Road (SE15 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Basing Court, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talfourd Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Peckham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lyndhurst Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grummant Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pentridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cronin Street —
Apr 2026Public order Cronin Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cronin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moody Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bamber Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Whistler Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lyndhurst Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lyndhurst Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lyndhurst Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Peckham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Gatonby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Corbden Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corbden Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corbden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Basing Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Basing Court —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Basing Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Basing Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Basing Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grummant Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Basing Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Talfourd Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road —
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Data Sources

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