Total Crime Rate
697.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
221.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hambledon area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 34th 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 Hambledon (SE17 2DF) in the last 12 months was 697.1 per 1,000 residents and was 343.8% higher than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 221.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hambledon (SE17 2DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parkhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beaconsfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Inville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aylesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thurlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thurlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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