Crime Rate in Newington, ward

Newington has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 826th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 179th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Newington in the last 12 months was 134.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Southwark district average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Newington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 520 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 20 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -39.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 781 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Newington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 229 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Alberta Street (37 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.