Rye Lane
WardCentral Southwark. About 14,797 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Rye Lane live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rye Lane compares
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Is Rye Lane safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rye Lane at a rate of 199.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 157.8 per 1,000 people across Southwark.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 329 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rye Lane.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (838), violence and sexual offences (787) and other crime (678).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Southwark
These figures are published for the whole of Southwark, not for each ward, so they describe all of Southwark and not Rye Lane alone. See Southwark
Rye Lane in brief
Rye Lane had 14,473 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rye Lane live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rye Lane, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rye Lane, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.