Total Crime Rate

205.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 205.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Burglary 22.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wilmot Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 799 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 Wilmot Close (SE15 6UA) in the last 12 months was 205.1 per 1,000 residents and was 98.2% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilmot Close (SE15 6UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 594 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wilmot Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Radnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Furley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lympstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leontine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maismore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maismore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goldsmith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckham High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Neville Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Neville Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wilmot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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