Total Crime Rate
210.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plough Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Rotherhithe , and the 216th highest crime rate of 799 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 Plough Way (SE16 7AE) in the last 12 months was 210.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher than the Rotherhithe average (127.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 69.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plough Way (SE16 7AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evelyn Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trident Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Onega Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rainsborough Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yeoman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chilton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carolean Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carolean Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sweden Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lighter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Acacia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Quay | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Plough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tawny Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenland Quay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mayflower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trident Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trident Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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