Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dalwood Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 308th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dalwood Street (SE5 7DZ) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dalwood Street (SE5 7DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Way (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Giles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gables Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Innes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferdinand Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferdinand Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferdinand Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferdinand Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shenley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blake'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muscatel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crofton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crofton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crofton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chandler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Commercial Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Talfourd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pentridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cronin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cronin Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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