Total Crime Rate
374.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaconsfield Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beaconsfield Road (SE17 2TT) in the last 12 months was 374.1 per 1,000 residents and was 138.2% higher than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaconsfield Road (SE17 2TT), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exon Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alvey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alvey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alvey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alvey Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surrey Square | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | β |
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