Total Crime Rate

91.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.6 7/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

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 1TW) 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 1TW), 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 Beckway Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Flint Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aberdour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aberdour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Old Kent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exon Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Leroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mandela Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandela Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandela Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Mead —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guinness Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guinness Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Page'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Page'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Alvey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alvey Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Alvey Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alvey Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hendre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Massinger Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Massinger Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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