Crime Rates at Lower Road, London, SE16 2XL

Lower Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in North Bermondsey , and the 367th highest crime rate of 769 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 Lower Road (SE16 2XL) in the last 12 months was 130.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the North Bermondsey average (132.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Road (SE16 2XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.