Crime Rates in Rotherhithe & Surrey Quays (SE16)
Crime statistics for SE16 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Rotherhithe & Surrey Quays (SE16)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 990 crimes within 1 mile of the SE16 centre, against 1,864 around E1W on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in SE16?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the SE16 centre were Violent crime (247), Anti-social behaviour (211) and Theft from the person (99), out of 990 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full SE16 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in SE16?
Enter a full SE16 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
SE16 at a glance
990 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the SE16 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was violent crime, at 25% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 990
- Most recorded category
- Violent crime (25%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Rotherhithe (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 247 | 25% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 211 | 21% |
| Theft from the person | 99 | 10% |
| Other theft | 88 | 9% |
| Burglary | 77 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 54 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 48 | 5% |
| Public order | 41 | 4% |
| All other categories | 125 | 13% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the SE16 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How SE16 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherhithe & Surrey Quays (SE16) | 990 | Violent crime (25%) | — |
| E1W | 1,864 | Anti-social behaviour (22%) | 1.5km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest SE16, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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