Total Crime Rate
257.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Willowbrook 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.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stopes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Davey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unwin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unwin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Freda Corbett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Radnor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radnor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haymerle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haymerle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Davey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Unwin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stopes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haslam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Unwin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Latona Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pennack Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Road | Under investigation |
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