Total Crime Rate

127.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yalding Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 377th 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 Yalding Road (SE16 3SS) in the last 12 months was 127.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yalding Road (SE16 3SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spa Road, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alscot Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yalding Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolstaplers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A2206 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A2206 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lucey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Arabella Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ness Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cadbury Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dunlop Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Spa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson A2206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dockley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spa Road —
Apr 2026Robbery Southwark Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welsford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Welsford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Queen Annes Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Reverdy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Reverdy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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