Total Crime Rate
455.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Iliffe Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 61st 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 Iliffe Street (SE17 3LL) in the last 12 months was 455.9 per 1,000 residents and was 239.9% higher than the Newington average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Iliffe Street (SE17 3LL), 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.
View Crime In Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Deacon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amelia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amelia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amelia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sayer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spare Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Steedman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sayer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sayer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waleorde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waleorde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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