Total Crime Rate
252.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbeyfield Estate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 799 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 Abbeyfield Estate (SE16 2EZ) in the last 12 months was 252.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the North Bermondsey average (141.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbeyfield Estate (SE16 2EZ), 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 Shopping Area (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roseberry Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Banyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southwark Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Layard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stalham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Benwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benwick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frankland Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Frankland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gomm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gomm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gomm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbett'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rotherhithe New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Galleywall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Almond Road | Under investigation |
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