Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Kent Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 328th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Kent Road (SE1 4NU) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Kent Road (SE1 4NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanford Place, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alice Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillery Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rephidim Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mason Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Searles Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gavel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartholomew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aberdour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Kent Road | Under investigation |
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