Total Crime Rate
63.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ledbury Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 181st lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ledbury Street (SE15 1BA) in the last 12 months was 63.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ledbury Street (SE15 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meeting House Lane, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (24 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Frensham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leontine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peckham Park Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Peckham Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elcot Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windspoint Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ethnard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ethnard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ethnard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maismore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maismore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nutcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peckham Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kincaid Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kincaid Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Furley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Friary Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Friary Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Furley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ledbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledbury Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friary Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peckham Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Park Road | — |
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