Total Crime Rate
291.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Doddington Place area has the 20th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Newington , and the 134th 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 Doddington Place (SE17 3TH) in the last 12 months was 291.2 per 1,000 residents and was 117.1% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Doddington Place (SE17 3TH), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Faunce Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alberta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadcroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadcroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alberta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Othello Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Othello Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Faunce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Othello Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doddington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Othello Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lorrimore Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frederick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forsyth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forsyth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleming Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
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