Total Crime Rate
460.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beaconsfield Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 61st highest crime rate of 799 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 460.4 per 1,000 residents and was 194.6% higher than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 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 Theft from the person ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% 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 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elsted Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Villa Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Villa Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Villa Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Villa Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villa Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Inville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrow Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merrow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Merrow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aylesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aylesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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