Total Crime Rate

194.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 194.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 22.4 7/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Burglary 18.7 10/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Livesey Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 240th highest 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 Livesey Place (SE15 6SL) in the last 12 months was 194.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Livesey Place (SE15 6SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Livesey Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ethnard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckham Park Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Peckham Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Peckham Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Peckham Park Road Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckham Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windspoint Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ethnard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ethnard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckham Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maismore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lympstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ledbury Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Friary Estate Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Friary Estate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Verney Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckham Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maismore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymerle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frensham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haymerle Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ainsdale Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —

Data Sources

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