Total Crime Rate

146.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 50.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Other theft 41.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.4 10/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Mill Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 323rd highest crime rate of 769 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 Tower Mill Road (SE15 6GR) in the last 12 months was 146.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Mill Road (SE15 6GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Grove, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Way (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Mill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wells Way —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blake'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Peckham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Peckham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pearse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Peckham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peckham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peckham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Drive —
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery St George'S Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanswood Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Innes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Diamond Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorton Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chandler Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longhope —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Longhope Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bibury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bibury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bibury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Grove —
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Tilson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Southampton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Melbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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