Total Crime Rate
253.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Browning 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 1LN) 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 1LN), 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.
View Crime In North Walworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beckford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beckford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Walworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Walworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beckford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Macleod Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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