Total Crime Rate

413.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 413.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 51.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 51.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Other theft 39.4 10/10
  • Robbery 39.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.8 10/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Other crime 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

Talbot Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 73rd 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 Talbot Road (SE22 8EH) in the last 12 months was 413.4 per 1,000 residents and was 341.9% higher than the Champion Hill average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talbot Road (SE22 8EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pytchley Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Talbot Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shaw Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tarbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albrighton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dog Kennel Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Besant Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarbert Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Francis Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person A2214 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dog Kennel Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Vale —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Vale —
Sep 2025Burglary Jarvis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Dulwich Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jarvis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Quorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Melbourne Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Besant Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quorn Road 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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