Total Crime Rate

264.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 26.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.2 9/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.2 10/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Robbery 15.3 10/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Doddington Grove area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 799 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 Grove (SE17 3TS) in the last 12 months was 264.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% higher than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( 40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Doddington Grove (SE17 3TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kennington, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Agnes Place (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Doddington Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Faunce Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sharsted Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sharsted Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lorrimore Square —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lorrimore Square —
Sep 2025Theft from the person De Laune Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Braganza Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Meadcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson De Laune Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doddington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Park Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Park Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Park Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stopford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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