Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 42.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Camberwell New Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 240th 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 0TH) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Camberwell New Road (SE5 0TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 229 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Camberwell New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person A202 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Comber Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenfinlas Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Comber Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour County Grove —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Councillor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redcar Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Councillor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Councillor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Councillor Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redcar Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Redcar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mornington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Badsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Thompson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Badsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sultan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sir John Kirk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sir John Kirk Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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