Total Crime Rate
129.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mary Datchelor Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 370th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mary Datchelor Close (SE5 7DY) in the last 12 months was 129.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.5% higher than the Champion Hill average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mary Datchelor Close (SE5 7DY), the main crime hotspot is near Wren Road. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Giles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Crespigny Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vicarage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kimpton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kimpton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kerfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Picton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camberwell Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bantry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mary Datchelor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsnell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brunswick Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dagmar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brunswick Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Owgan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Glebe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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