Total Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harding Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Camberwell Green , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harding Close (SE17 3UJ) in the last 12 months was 68.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% lower than the Camberwell Green average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Robbery with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harding Close (SE17 3UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gateway, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Macleod Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrose Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camberwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bethwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturgeon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrose Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sultan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sultan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sir John Kirk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sir John Kirk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camberwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sutherland Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gateway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thompson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateway | — |
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