Total Crime Rate
182.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Freemantle Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 255th highest 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 Freemantle Street (SE17 2JP) in the last 12 months was 182.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freemantle Street (SE17 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanford Place, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ivy Church Lane (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Church Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alvey Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Massinger Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Massinger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beckway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beckway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haywood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alvey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alvey Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marcia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exon Street | Under investigation |
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