Total Crime Rate
165.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kotree Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 283rd 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 Kotree Way (SE1 5DA) in the last 12 months was 165.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kotree Way (SE1 5DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James'S Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mason Close (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevenson Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mason Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stevenson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catlin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Simms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathnairn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Strathnairn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Southwark Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stevenson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sherwood Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Esmeralda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roseberry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Grove Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Alexis Street | Under investigation |
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