Total Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Valmar Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 281st lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Valmar Road (SE5 9NH) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Valmar Road (SE5 9NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 166 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wren Road (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Camberwell Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paulet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bullace Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullace Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullace Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullace Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Milkwell Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberwell Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coldharbour Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A202 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A202 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tillings Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tillings Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tillings Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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