Crime Rates at Cooks Road, London, SE17 3NF

Cooks Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 178th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cooks Road (SE17 3NF) in the last 12 months was 66.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% lower than the Newington average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cooks Road (SE17 3NF), the main crime hotspot is near Otto Street. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.