Crime Rates at Rouel Road, London, SE16 3SL

Rouel Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 350th 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 Rouel Road (SE16 3SL) in the last 12 months was 105.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rouel Road (SE16 3SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spa Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauban Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.