Try Peckham. It has a bad rep but when I lived there about 25 years ago it was OK. I never saw any trouble.
Peckham The Spoons there is a shocker, some interesting characters in there. The boozers there are not too bad, it's walking the streets that is a problem.
A couple of months ago I drove up Peckham High St. What an absolute s hithole. Women were walking up the centre of the road, with traffic on both sides, balancing shopping on their heads.
@ElfsborgAddick will be familiar with the Chatterton Arms. Many of the locals in there are originally from Downham, but moved away to escape certain cultural situations. There’s a Corals next to the Chatterton, and the Regulars move to and fro between pub & bookies, putting on bets & drinking.