Crime Rates at Friary Estate, London, SE15 6SF

Friary Estate area has the 24th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 394th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friary Estate (SE15 6SF) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% lower than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friary Estate (SE15 6SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Kent Road, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shard'S Square (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.