Crime Rates at Rouel Road, London, SE16 3SN

Rouel Road area has the lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 50th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rouel Road (SE16 3SN) in the last 12 months was 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rouel Road (SE16 3SN), 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.