Total Crime Rate
95.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Champion Grove area has the 21st highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 314th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Champion Grove (SE5 8BN) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Champion Hill average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( 25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Champion Grove (SE5 8BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denmark Hill, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (96 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Champion Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dog Kennel Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferndene Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lettsom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lettsom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lettsom Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denmark Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stories Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stories Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferndene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndene Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Denmark Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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