Total Crime Rate
205.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Neville Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 222nd 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 Neville Close (SE15 5UE) in the last 12 months was 205.1 per 1,000 residents and was 98.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neville Close (SE15 5UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 772 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.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Freda Corbett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Timberland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Timberland Close | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Spring Tide Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jocelyn Street | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Furley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Furley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leontine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Jocelyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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