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

Old Kent Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 285th highest 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 Old Kent Road (SE15 1JS) in the last 12 months was 164.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Kent Road (SE15 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elcot Avenue, where police recorded 55 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.