Total Crime Rate
794.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
207.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Kent 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 Old Kent Road (SE1 5JQ) 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 Old Kent Road (SE1 5JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rowcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rowcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Canal Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Canal Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Old Canal Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nile Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Kent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oakley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oakley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Humphrey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nile Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Trafalgar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mawbey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushwood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bushwood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mawbey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mawbey Road | Under investigation |
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