Total Crime Rate
221.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crane Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 198th 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 Crane Street (SE15 5JU) in the last 12 months was 221.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crane Street (SE15 5JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Basing Court, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talfourd Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cronin Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Talfourd Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Talfourd Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Talfourd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Talfourd Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Talfourd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talfourd Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talfourd Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Finch Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cator Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cronin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cronin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Talfourd Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talfourd Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cronin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Corbden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Talfourd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Hill Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grummant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grummant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Talfourd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Finch Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grummant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Basing Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cator Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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