Total Crime Rate
155.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buller Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 307th highest crime rate of 769 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 Buller Close (SE15 6UJ) in the last 12 months was 155.4 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buller Close (SE15 6UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peckham High Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peckham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peckham High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Melon Road | Under investigation |
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