Total Crime Rate
669.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
240.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rye Lane area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Goose Green , and the 38th 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 Rye Lane (SE15 4SB) in the last 12 months was 669.5 per 1,000 residents and was 768.7% higher than the Goose Green average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 111.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 240.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rye Lane (SE15 4SB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 619 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rye Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oliver Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parkstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sternhall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sternhall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rye Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rye Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Choumert Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quantock Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anstey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rye Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rye Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rye Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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