Total Crime Rate
390.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Braganza Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 84th 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 Braganza Street (SE17 3RD) in the last 12 months was 390.3 per 1,000 residents and was 191.0% higher than the Newington average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 85.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Braganza Street (SE17 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kennington, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alberta Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaver Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alberta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyoak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holyoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Holyoak Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holyoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holyoak Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holyoak Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stopford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doddington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Otto Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otto Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sharsted Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Opal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Opal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Faunce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Faunce Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alberta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lorrimore Square | — |
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