Total Crime Rate
189.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cuthill Walk area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 247th highest crime rate of 799 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 Cuthill Walk (SE5 8SH) in the last 12 months was 189.1 per 1,000 residents and was 102.2% higher than the Champion Hill average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cuthill Walk (SE5 8SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 226 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milkwell Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Orpheus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Orpheus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Joiners Arms Yd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Joiners Arms Yd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milkwell Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milkwell Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Orpheus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morna Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Camberwell Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Camberwell Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Camberwell Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Camberwell Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camberwell Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Camberwell Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Orpheus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpheus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jephson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vicarage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | De Crespigny Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbord Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbord Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashworth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashworth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Artichoke Place | Under investigation |
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