Crime Rates at Old Kent Road, London, SE1 5NA

Old Kent Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 150th 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 5NA) in the last 12 months was 272.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 122.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Kent Road (SE1 5NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivy Church Lane, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.