Total Crime Rate

232.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 232.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.3 9/10
  • Robbery 37.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 27.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Dragon Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 179th 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 Dragon Road (SE15 6QU) in the last 12 months was 232.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 543.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dragon Road (SE15 6QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dragon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/87)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wells Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Longhope Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bibury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bibury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longhope —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chandler Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorton Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Innes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery St George'S Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blake'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Drive —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peckham Grove 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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