Total Crime Rate
168.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kinglake Estate area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 275th 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 Kinglake Estate (SE17 2RB) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 80.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kinglake Estate (SE17 2RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinglake Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Haywood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surrey Square | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upnor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Road | Under investigation |
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