Total Crime Rate

144.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 144.5 9/10
  • Drugs 43.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rotherhithe New Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 323rd highest crime rate of 799 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 Rotherhithe New Road (SE16 2BW) in the last 12 months was 144.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the North Bermondsey average (141.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherhithe New Road (SE16 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Cope Street. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rotherhithe New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abbeyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luxford Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Luxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Luxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Helena Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Island Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Regeneration Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regeneration Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regeneration Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cope Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Cope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reculver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oldfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oldfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corbett'S Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences China Hall Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A200 —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A200 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A200 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rotherhithe Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luxford Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Reculver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherhithe Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Eugenia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Corbett'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Corbett'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Corbett'S Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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