Total Crime Rate
185.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dalwood Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 251st highest 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 7EY) in the last 12 months was 185.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% higher than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dalwood Street (SE5 7EY), 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 | Theft from the person | Brunswick Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dalwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Innes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crofton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muscatel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blake'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shenley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chandler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferdinand Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pentridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Talfourd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
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