Crime Rate in Old Kent Road, ward

Old Kent Road has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 981st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 207th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Old Kent Road in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% lower than the Southwark district average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Old Kent Road’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 567 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , down -6.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 12.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 797 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Old Kent Road ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.