Crime Rates at Champion Park, London, SE5 8TE

Champion Park area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 50th highest crime rate of 799 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 Champion Park (SE5 8TE) in the last 12 months was 544.4 per 1,000 residents and was 481.9% higher than the Champion Hill average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 286.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Champion Park (SE5 8TE), 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.