Total Crime Rate

101.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yalding Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 338th 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 Yalding Road (SE16 3SS) in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2022.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yalding Road (SE16 3SS), the main crime hotspot is near Balaclava Road. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Yalding Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucey Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sun Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sun Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sun Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sun Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sun Passage —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lucey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2206 —
Sep 2025Drugs Lucey Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2206 —
Sep 2025Public order A2206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolstaplers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexis Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Spa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spa Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rail Sidings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alexis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thurland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A2206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thurland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Linsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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