Total Crime Rate
160.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Havil Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 295th 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 Havil Street (SE5 7LS) in the last 12 months was 160.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -93.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -93.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Havil Street (SE5 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Grove, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Way (27 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsnell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gandolfi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gandolfi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbury Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbury Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southampton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southampton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comfort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gables Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donato Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blake'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferdinand Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferdinand Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferdinand Drive | — |
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