Total Crime Rate
164.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatham Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 287th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chatham Street (SE17 1NY) in the last 12 months was 164.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatham Street (SE17 1NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rodney Place, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Content Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Searles Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gavel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartholomew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Maurice Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | John Maurice Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balfour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baytree Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baytree Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blackwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | New Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Blackwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Blackwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
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