Total Crime Rate

165.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.0 9/10
  • Burglary 40.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Comfort Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 284th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Comfort Street (SE15 6BT) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% higher than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 490.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Comfort Street (SE15 6BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Comfort Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Sedgmoor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coleman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleman Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleman Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleman Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gandolfi Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Southampton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southampton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southampton Way β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comfort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rainbow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rainbow Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rainbow Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person B217 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B217 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Way β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wells Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Green β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Green β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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