Total Crime Rate
359.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cherry Garden Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cherry Garden Street (SE16 4PE) in the last 12 months was 359.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% higher than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (250.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (β 136.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cherry Garden Street (SE16 4PE), the main crime hotspot is near West Lane. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In North Bermondsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loftie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Drummond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Garden Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marigold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clement'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clement'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clement'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tranton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tranton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bermondsey Wall East | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Slippers Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Slippers Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Edward The Third Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Street | β |
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