Crime Rates at Friern Road, London, SE22 0BA

Friern Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 327th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friern Road (SE22 0BA) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% higher than the Dulwich Hill average (95.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friern Road (SE22 0BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B219, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Etherow Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.