Total Crime Rate
219.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025De Laune Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 203rd 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 De Laune Street (SE17 3UR) in the last 12 months was 219.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around De Laune Street (SE17 3UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Opal Street, where police recorded 84 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.
View Crime In Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | De Laune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | De Laune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | De Laune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Laune Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Laune Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Laune Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | De Laune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Otto Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Kennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Park Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Faunce Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Othello Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Agnes Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Agnes Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Agnes Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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