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

Peckham 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 5SL) 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 5SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 758 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.