Total Crime Rate
3703.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rye Lane area has the highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rye Lane (SE15 5DW) in the last 12 months was 3703.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3480.1% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 589 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 279 (≈ 746.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rye Lane (SE15 5DW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1022 crimes here, including 104 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Basing Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hanover Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raul Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cerise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cerise Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rye Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rye Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Peckham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wilmot Close | Under investigation |
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