Crime Rates at Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UH

Peckham Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 225th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peckham Road (SE5 8UH) in the last 12 months was 204.3 per 1,000 residents and was 118.4% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peckham Road (SE5 8UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peckham Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.