Total Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Yalding 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balaclava Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sun Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sun Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sun Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sun Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sun Passage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lucey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lucey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marine Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A2206 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolstaplers Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexis Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spa Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spa Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rail Sidings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Alexis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thurland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A2206 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Linsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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