Crime Rate in Faraday, ward

Faraday has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 584th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 129th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Faraday in the last 12 months was 156.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% lower than the Southwark district average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Faraday’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 495 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 12 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 93.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -17.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 702 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Faraday ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 116 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Albany Road (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.