Total Crime Rate
109.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rotherhithe New Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 362nd lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rotherhithe New Road (SE16 2PT) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% lower than the North Bermondsey average (141.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Rotherhithe New Road (SE16 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oldfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oldfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trundley'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | China Hall Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A200 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | A200 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rotherhithe Old Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherhithe Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherhithe Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cope Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eugenia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eugenia Road | Under investigation |
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