Crime Rates at Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1JD

Old Kent Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 240th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Kent Road (SE15 1JD) in the last 12 months was 194.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Kent Road (SE15 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elcot Avenue, where police recorded 61 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.