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

Old Kent Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 235th highest crime rate of 769 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 1JS) in the last 12 months was 193.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% 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 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.