Total Crime Rate
202.5 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.1 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Frean Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frean Street (SE16 4AE) in the last 12 months was 202.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (251.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frean Street (SE16 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spa Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauban Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Bermondsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yalding Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Koops Mill Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Spa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marine Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlop Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Ness Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Ness Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Ness Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Ness Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Jamaica Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enid Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Flockton Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauban Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Flockton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Old Jamaica Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freda Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Freda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Freda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Freda Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Freda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Jamaica Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Jamaica Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Spa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauban Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sun Passage | — |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Lucey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Frean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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