Crime Rates at Penarth Street, London, SE15 1TR

Penarth Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 126th 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 Penarth Street (SE15 1TR) in the last 12 months was 306.1 per 1,000 residents and was 142.9% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 106.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penarth Street (SE15 1TR), 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.