Total Crime Rate

253.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

88.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 253.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 88.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 24.4 10/10
  • Drugs 22.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Browning Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 166th highest crime rate of 769 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 Browning Street (SE17 1DA) in the last 12 months was 253.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% higher than the Newington average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Street (SE17 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walworth Place, where police recorded 412 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (161 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Browning Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beckford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Beckford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Walworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Walworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wansey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beckford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wansey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Macleod Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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