Crime Rates at Anchor Street, London, SE16 3LX

Anchor Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 241st 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 Anchor Street (SE16 3LX) in the last 12 months was 193.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Street (SE16 3LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James'S Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mason Close (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.