Total Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 Old Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 309th 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 Old Road (SE16 2QF) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherhithe Old Road (SE16 2QF), 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.

Crime Over Time in Rotherhithe Old Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherhithe Old Road 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Orange Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherhithe Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Surrey Quays Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tawny Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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