Total Crime Rate
85.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Evelyn , and the 371st lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
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 This (SE16 2RN) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Evelyn average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode SE16 2RN, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trundley'S Road, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bush Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New Cross Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eugenia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | John Silkin Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bush Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bush Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trundley'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | John Silkin Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | John Silkin Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Silkin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bestwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bestwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bestwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundley'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trundley'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trundley'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Trundley'S Road | Under investigation |
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