Crime Rates at Penton Place, London, SE17 3JB

Penton Place area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 342nd highest 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 Penton Place (SE17 3JB) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Newington average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penton Place (SE17 3JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 309 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (161 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.