Crime Rates at Ormside Street, London, SE15 1TF

Ormside Street area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 36th highest crime rate of 769 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 Ormside Street (SE15 1TF) in the last 12 months was 695.0 per 1,000 residents and was 451.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 119.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ormside Street (SE15 1TF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sylvan Grove, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Patterdale Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.