Total Crime Rate

257.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 257.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 125.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willowbrook Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 154th highest crime rate of 799 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 Willowbrook Road (SE15 6BW) in the last 12 months was 257.0 per 1,000 residents and was 103.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willowbrook Road (SE15 6BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brideale Close, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B215 (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willowbrook Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stopes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Davey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unwin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unwin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Freda Corbett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radnor Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Radnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Radnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haymerle Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymerle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Davey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Unwin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stopes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shield Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shield Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haslam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Unwin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Latona Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pennack Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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