Crime Rates at Surrey Square, London, SE17 2JX

Surrey Square area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 389th lowest 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 Surrey Square (SE17 2JX) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -48.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Surrey Square (SE17 2JX), 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.