Total Crime Rate

200.8 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 200.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.4 7/10
  • Other theft 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Browning Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 799 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 1LU) in the last 12 months was 200.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% higher than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Street (SE17 1LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 636 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (129 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Browning Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sayer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sayer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sayer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Occupation Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Occupation Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Occupation Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwood Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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