Crime Rates at Penrose Street, London, SE17 3DU

Penrose Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 295th highest crime rate of 799 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 Penrose Street (SE17 3DU) in the last 12 months was 158.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penrose Street (SE17 3DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 636 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (129 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.