Total Crime Rate

119.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 26.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stanswood Gardens area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 393rd lowest 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 Stanswood Gardens (SE5 7SR) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% lower than the Camberwell Green average (177.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanswood Gardens (SE5 7SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peckham Grove (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stanswood Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Southampton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Savannah Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sedgmoor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cinnamon Close
Sep 2025Public order Southampton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southampton Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lidgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Commercial Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marchwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cinnamon Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coleman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diamond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lynbrook Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blake'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blake'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gandolfi Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleman Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B217 Under investigation

Data Sources

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