Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.0 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 100.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Bethwin Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bethwin Road (SE5 0YJ) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethwin Road (SE5 0YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Camberwell Road. Police recorded 172 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bethwin Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/95)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Addington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camberwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Camberwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Camberwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Camberwell Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scena Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Scena Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Scena Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Scena Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Scena Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dartford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Addington Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dartford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dartford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blucher Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blucher Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blucher Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addington Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crown Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crown Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crown Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crown Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Medlar Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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