Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 142.9 9/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mason Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 328th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mason Street (SE17 1HF) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mason Street (SE17 1HF), the main crime hotspot is near Alice Street. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mason Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bartholomew Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rephidim Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Law Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Law Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Law Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Law Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Law Street
Sep 2025Robbery Mason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paragon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paragon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Paragon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Searles Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gavel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cardinal Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rephidim Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cardinal Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Horse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Horse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Horse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Horse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Court
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Maurice Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person John Maurice Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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