Total Crime Rate
191.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boathouse Walk area has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 238th 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 Boathouse Walk (SE15 6JT) in the last 12 months was 191.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boathouse Walk (SE15 6JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pennack Road, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peckham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cator Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hastings Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haymerle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radnor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Reddins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pioneer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bonar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jocelyn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grenard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grenard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenard Close | — |
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