Crime Rate in Newington, ward

Newington has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 527th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 118th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Newington in the last 12 months was 162.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher than the Southwark district average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Newington’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 550 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , down -7.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 48.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -13.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 767 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Newington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 133 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Kennington (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.