Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dagmar Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 381st lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dagmar Road (SE5 8NZ) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% higher than the Champion Hill average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dagmar Road (SE5 8NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vestry Mews (22 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 | Public order | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grace'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gables Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Vestry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peckham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cactus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cactus Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cactus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shenley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dagmar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brunswick Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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