Total Crime Rate

240.1 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 240.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 112.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.4 10/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boathouse Walk area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 179th 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 Boathouse Walk (SE15 6JT) in the last 12 months was 240.1 per 1,000 residents and was 90.5% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (β‰ˆ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boathouse Walk (SE15 6JT), 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 Boathouse Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Freda Corbett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radnor Road β€”
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 β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymerle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Surrey Grove β€”
Sep 2025Burglary East Surrey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unwin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft East Surrey Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft East Surrey Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order East Surrey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Surrey Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watts Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stopes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stopes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cator Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cator Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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