Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wilson Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 375th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wilson Road (SE5 8PE) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilson Road (SE5 8PE), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wilson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Giles Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camberwell Glebe Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camberwell Glebe Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wilson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lettsom Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Canning Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Stories Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brunswick Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brunswick Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dagmar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maude Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grace'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grace'S Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gables Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Vestry Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vestry Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vestry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vestry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Peckham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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