Total Crime Rate
243.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southwark Park Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 170th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southwark Park Road (SE16 3TP) in the last 12 months was 243.9 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southwark Park Road (SE16 3TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James'S Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Storks Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Storks Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Storks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Grove Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clement'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clement'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drummond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drummond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gataker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gataker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gataker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layard Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Layard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Banyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southwark Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Layard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fenner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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