Crime Rates at Beckway Street, London, SE17 1TH

Beckway Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 296th lowest 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 Beckway Street (SE17 1TH) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -84.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beckway Street (SE17 1TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merrow Walk, where police recorded 94 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.