Total Crime Rate
124.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haymerle Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 378th lowest crime rate of 769 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 Haymerle Road (SE15 6TF) in the last 12 months was 124.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haymerle Road (SE15 6TF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elcot Avenue, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (30 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 | B215 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shard'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shard'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shard'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Friary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silkin Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silkin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holbeck Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bird In Bush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Furley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lympstone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shard'S Square | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Leontine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frensham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Frensham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shard'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shard'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | — |
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