Total Crime Rate
794.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
207.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coopers Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 26th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coopers Road (SE1 5JB) in the last 12 months was 794.8 per 1,000 residents and was 217.0% higher than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (250.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 207.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coopers Road (SE1 5JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Kent Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shorncliffe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmony Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balaclava Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balaclava Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mawbey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mawbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mawbey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooper'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cooper'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burnham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burnham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burnham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glengall Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glengall Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rowcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Trafalgar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avondale Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Avondale Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Kent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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