Crime Rates at Camberwell New Road, London, SE5 0AE

Camberwell New Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 330th 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 Camberwell New Road (SE5 0AE) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Camberwell New Road (SE5 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 229 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Agnes Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.