Total Crime Rate
161.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Madron Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 769 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 Madron Street (SE17 2LR) in the last 12 months was 161.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% higher than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Madron Street (SE17 2LR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Markham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ivy Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ivy Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ivy Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mina Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marcia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upnor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shorncliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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