Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 18.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.5 10/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Townley Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Dulwich Village , and the 253rd lowest crime rate of 799 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 Townley Road (SE22 8SX) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% higher than the Dulwich Village average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townley Road (SE22 8SX), the main crime hotspot is near Hillsboro Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Townley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarbert Road —
Sep 2025Other theft North Dulwich Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tarbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Dale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Dale —
Sep 2025Other theft North Dulwich Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Dulwich Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft North Dulwich 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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