Total Crime Rate

181.8 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 181.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.5 10/10
  • Burglary 21.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Hopwood Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 257th highest 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 Hopwood Road (SE17 2BL) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% higher than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hopwood Road (SE17 2BL), the main crime hotspot is near Albany Road. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Faraday

Crime Over Time in Hopwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrow Walk β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Canal Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wells Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canal Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canal Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canal Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Merrow Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Merrow Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aylesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Aylesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sondes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Inville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Inville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inville Road β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.