Crime Rates at Alvey Street, London, SE17 2LN

Alvey Street 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 Alvey Street (SE17 2LN) 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 Alvey Street (SE17 2LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.