Total Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Peckham High Street area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 264th lowest 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 5SF) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peckham High Street (SE15 5SF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jocelyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Melon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moncrieff Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spring Tide Close | Under investigation |
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