Total Crime Rate

216.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 216.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 84.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Drugs 35.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 32.2 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Robbery 11.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Kitson Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 205th 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 Kitson Road (SE5 7LF) in the last 12 months was 216.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kitson Road (SE5 7LF), 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 Kitson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/129)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broome Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradenham Close —
Apr 2026Theft from the person New Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addington Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Addington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Addington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Addington Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addington Square —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Broome Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bradenham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Broome Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Broome Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowyer Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Bowyer Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kitson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bullace Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bullace Row —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bullace Row —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bullace Row —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Red Lion Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Albany Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Albany Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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