Total Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Kent Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 309th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Kent Road (SE1 4NY) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Kent Road (SE1 4NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanford Place, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (33 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 | Catesby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aberdour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle 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 | Public order | Rothsay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Searles Road | — |
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