Total Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haymerle Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 385th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haymerle Road (SE15 6SG) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haymerle Road (SE15 6SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avondale Square, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Kent Road (25 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 | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Kent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ossory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bird In Bush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lympstone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lympstone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peckham Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frensham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Frensham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Avondale Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olmar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Olmar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avondale Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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