Total Crime Rate
159.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camberwell Grove area has the 10th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 300th highest 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 Camberwell Grove (SE5 8RQ) in the last 12 months was 159.0 per 1,000 residents and was 117.1% higher than the Champion Hill average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camberwell Grove (SE5 8RQ), 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.
View Crime In Champion Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grove Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grace'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grace'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lettsom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stories Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Beaulieu Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dagmar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stories Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Vestry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribbon Dance Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stories Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaulieu Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaulieu Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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