Total Crime Rate
179.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Finch Mews area has the 25th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 261st highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Finch Mews (SE15 5JL) in the last 12 months was 179.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finch Mews (SE15 5JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peckham Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talfourd Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talfourd Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Surrey Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cinnamon Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cinnamon Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinnamon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinnamon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haslam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stopes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stopes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Surrey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Surrey Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Innes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Surrey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | East Surrey Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Surrey Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cronin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cronin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cronin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chandler Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Place | Under investigation |
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