Total Crime Rate
114.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kinglake Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 355th lowest crime rate of 769 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 Kinglake Street (SE17 2RT) in the last 12 months was 114.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kinglake Street (SE17 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Inville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemantle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thurlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thurlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thurlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surrey Square | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| 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 | Mina Road | Under investigation |
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