Total Crime Rate

118.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blakes Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 392nd lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blakes Road (SE15 6HY) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blakes Road (SE15 6HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Grove, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Way (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blakes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rainbow Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lynbrook Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lynbrook Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pearse Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pearse Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Peckham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dragon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sedgmoor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samuel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marchwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Samuel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Samuel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tilson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tilson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cinnamon Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Cronin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cronin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coleman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redbridge Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redbridge Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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