Total Crime Rate
190.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bird In Bush Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 239th 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 Bird In Bush Road (SE15 6RN) in the last 12 months was 190.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bird In Bush Road (SE15 6RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pennack Road, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Kent Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennack Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hastings Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Retreat | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haymerle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bird In Bush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bonar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grenard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grenard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashmore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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