Crime Rates at Portland Street, London, SE17 2PE

Portland Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 257th highest 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 Portland Street (SE17 2PE) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portland Street (SE17 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merrow Walk, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arnside Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.