Total Crime Rate
179.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Picton Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 799 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 Picton Street (SE5 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 179.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% higher than the Camberwell Green average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 122.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Picton Street (SE5 7PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Artichoke Place, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brisbane Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Camberwell Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B217 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowyer Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowyer Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowyer Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Owgan Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Green | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sears Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Green | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Green | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | D'Eynsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Caspian Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sears Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elmington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rust Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomond Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomond Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lomond Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mary Datchelor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rust Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sears Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mary Datchelor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Datchelor Close | Under investigation |
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