Total Crime Rate
306.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Massinger 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elsted Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Surrey Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penry Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upnor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upnor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upnor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upnor Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Kinglake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Surrey Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alvey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penry Street | Under investigation |
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