Total Crime Rate
115.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sedan Way area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 381st lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sedan Way (SE17 2AA) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sedan Way (SE17 2AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merrow Walk, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrow Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halpin Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tisdall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tisdall Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tisdall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Surrey Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatum Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elsted Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Catesby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Catesby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Catesby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tatum Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatum Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Flint Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alsace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Markham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markham Street | Under investigation |
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