Total Crime Rate

306.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 306.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 29.7 10/10
  • Burglary 26.4 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
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

Massinger Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 116th 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 Massinger Street (SE17 1SY) in the last 12 months was 306.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.1% 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 24 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 Theft from the person ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Massinger Street (SE17 1SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanford Place, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Massinger Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Elsted Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Surrey Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Penry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penry Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upnor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upnor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upnor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upnor Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hendre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hendre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hendre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hendre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kinglake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surrey Square —
Sep 2025Public order Penry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanford Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freemantle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Surrey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surrey Grove —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exon Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Alvey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Penry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penry Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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