Crime Rates at Peckham High Street, London, SE15 5SE

Peckham High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 111th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peckham High Street (SE15 5SE) in the last 12 months was 310.4 per 1,000 residents and was 200.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 109.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peckham High Street (SE15 5SE), 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.