Total Crime Rate

219.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.6 9/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowth Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 204th 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 Lowth Road (SE5 9EZ) in the last 12 months was 219.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Camberwell Green average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowth Road (SE5 9EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 206 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lowth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/131)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Orpheus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Caldecot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldecot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camberwell Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Camberwell Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Camberwell Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camberwell Station Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camberwell Station Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lowth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpheus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mcdowall Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mcdowall Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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