Total Crime Rate

160.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.3 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 160.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.2 9/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.7 9/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Havil 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.

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Crime Over Time in Havil Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horsnell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Gandolfi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Mill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tower Mill Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tilson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Gandolfi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Melbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Melbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melbury Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melbury Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Havil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Southampton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Southampton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Comfort Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gables Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rainbow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Donato Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blake'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ferdinand Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Drive

Data Sources

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