Crime Rates at Peckham Road, London, SE15 5JW

Peckham Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 198th 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 Peckham Road (SE15 5JW) in the last 12 months was 221.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% higher than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peckham Road (SE15 5JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talfourd Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.