Total Crime Rate
268.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boyson Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 155th highest crime rate of 769 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 Boyson Road (SE17 2FL) in the last 12 months was 268.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% higher than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boyson Road (SE17 2FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walworth Place, where police recorded 412 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arnside Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Addington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Addington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Addington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Date Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowyer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Liverpool Grove | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camberwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camberwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camberwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camberwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Road | Under investigation |
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