Crime Statistics for Camberwell, London, Southwark, 2024

Crime statistics for Camberwell, London

There were a total of 1219 street level crime incidents in Camberwell in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Camberwell, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime313
Anti Social Behaviour215
Other Theft117
Theft From The Person97
Vehicle Crime94
Robbery67
Burglary66
Criminal Damage Arson64
Public Order64
Shoplifting48
Drugs36
Bicycle Theft23
Possession Of Weapons9
Other Crime6
All Crime1219

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Camberwell. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Camberwell

We've taken the ten nearest places to Camberwell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Camberwell has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Newington (1.39 miles)2144
The Borough (1.39 miles)2144
Bermondsey (1.24 miles)1877
Walworth (0.88 miles)1411
Brixton (1.75 miles)1325
Camberwell1219
Peckham (0.88 miles)1003
New Cross Gate (1.39 miles)914
Hatcham (1.39 miles)914
Rotherhithe (1.75 miles)901

39.16%
of St Giles residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Camberwell?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Camberwell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Newington436
The Borough436
Bermondsey365
Walworth359
Brixton320
Camberwell313
Peckham258
New Cross Gate247
Hatcham247
Rotherhithe175

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Camberwell?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Camberwell to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Camberwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Camberwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Camberwell is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Faraday84
2Rye Lane82
3Camberwell Green79
4Old Kent Road78
5Vassall77
6Oval75
7St Giles74
8Peckham73
9Herne Hill67
10Goose Green58
11Champion Hill47

Which road in Camberwell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Camberwell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
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