Total Crime Rate
124.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peckham Park Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 378th lowest 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 Peckham Park Road (SE15 6TG) in the last 12 months was 124.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peckham Park Road (SE15 6TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elcot Avenue, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Latona Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Friary Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Friary Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friary Estate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ledbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Hundred Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olmar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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