Total Crime Rate

114.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Robbery 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thurlow 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 Thurlow Street (SE17 2UG) 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 Thurlow Street (SE17 2UG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Thurlow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merrow Walk
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Thurlow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Surrey Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Thurlow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Public order Thurlow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Thurlow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exon Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Surrey Square
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kinglake Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Haywood Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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