Crime Rates at Silwood Street, London, SE16 2AW

Silwood Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Evelyn , and the 361st lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Silwood Street (SE16 2AW) in the last 12 months was 81.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Evelyn average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 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 Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silwood Street (SE16 2AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Luxford Street, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.