Total Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.2 9/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.6 3/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rodney Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 363rd 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 Rodney Road (SE17 1BA) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rodney Road (SE17 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rodney Place, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rodney Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wansey Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Blackwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Public order Blackwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Blackwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Blackwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rodney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Rodney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Place β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rodney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Road β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Stead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stead Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Row β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Place β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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