Crime Rate in North Walworth, ward

North Walworth has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 348th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 79th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in North Walworth in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Southwark district average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, North Walworth’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 693 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 22 cases , up 15.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -23.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 910 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the North Walworth ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 846 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (129 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.