Crime Rates at Melbourne Grove, London, SE22 8SA

Melbourne Grove area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 254th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melbourne Grove (SE22 8SA) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Dulwich Hill average (95.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Grove (SE22 8SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillsboro Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.