Total Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Giles Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Giles Road (SE5 7RL) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Giles Road (SE5 7RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vestry Mews, where police recorded 50 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 | Vehicle crime | Picton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donato Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B217 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B217 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B217 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B217 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B217 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ada Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ada Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ada Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ada Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donato Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dagmar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gables Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southampton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southampton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vestry Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbury Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanswood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanswood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbury Drive | — |
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