Total Crime Rate
346.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fort Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 95th highest crime rate of 799 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 Fort Road (SE1 5PT) in the last 12 months was 346.9 per 1,000 residents and was 175.2% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (β 143.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fort Road (SE1 5PT), the main crime hotspot is near Balaclava Road. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | O'Reilly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alscot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reverdy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rolls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Welsford Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alscot Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alscot Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alscot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Alscot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alscot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxley Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauban Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauban Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauban Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauban Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadbury Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cadbury Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yalding Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yalding Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woolstaplers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolstaplers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2206 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2206 | β |
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