Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silwood Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 168th 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 Silwood Street (SE16 2BF) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% higher than the North Bermondsey average (132.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silwood Street (SE16 2BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Corbett'S Lane, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rotherhithe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rotherhithe New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsworthy Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eugenia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eugenia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambourne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corbett'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corbett'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbett'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbett'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbett'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbett'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambourne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Zampa Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Zampa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbeyfield Road | Under investigation |
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