Total Crime Rate

250.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 250.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 75.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 39.6 10/10
  • Other theft 26.4 10/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Massinger Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 167th 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 Massinger Street (SE17 1TE) in the last 12 months was 250.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Massinger Street (SE17 1TE), the main crime hotspot is near Hendre Road. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Massinger Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/100)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Catesby Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Swan Mead Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guinness Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Guinness Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Guinness Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Guinness Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freemantle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freemantle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Webb Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Swan Mead Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Swan Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Surrey Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mandela Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exon Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Alvey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alvey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alvey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alvey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alvey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alvey Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Surrey Square —
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hendre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Marcia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Madron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Madron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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