Total Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burcher Gale Grove area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burcher Gale Grove (SE15 6FL) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% lower than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burcher Gale Grove (SE15 6FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Grove, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ebley Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peckham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longhope | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longhope | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bibury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bibury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Commercial Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pentridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Samuel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cronin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cronin Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cronin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cator Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cator Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cator Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garnies Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bibury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chandler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garnies Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Innes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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