Total Crime Rate
164.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rainbow Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 279th highest crime rate of 769 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 Rainbow Street (SE5 7TD) in the last 12 months was 164.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rainbow Street (SE5 7TD), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Sam King Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainbow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gables Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comfort Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbury Drive | — |
| 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 | Gandolfi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gandolfi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donato Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blake'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pearse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peckham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Peckham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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