Total Crime Rate
1560.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cerise Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 9th 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 Cerise Road (SE15 5HQ) in the last 12 months was 1560.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1408.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -44.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 322.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cerise Road (SE15 5HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1096 crimes here, including 130 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mission Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mission Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mission Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mission Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mission Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mission Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cerise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cerise Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Moncrieff Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Collyer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Collyer Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highshore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highshore Road | — |
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