Total Crime Rate

131.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 131.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 34.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 19.5 9/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Robbery 4.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

New Church Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 366th highest 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 New Church Road (SE5 7FA) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Church Road (SE5 7FA), the main crime hotspot is near Camberwell Road. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Church Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/102)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Addington Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parkhouse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Durfey Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horsnell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bantry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sam King Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Sam King Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sam King Walk —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Edmund Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Owgan Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Picton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brisbane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Brisbane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brisbane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brisbane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caspian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Caspian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sears Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sears Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Owgan Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cottage Green —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westmoreland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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