Crime Rates at Friern Road, London, SE22 0BE

Friern Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 125th 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 Friern Road (SE22 0BE) in the last 12 months was 307.4 per 1,000 residents and was 223.5% higher than the Dulwich Hill average (95.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friern Road (SE22 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough Lane, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Adon Park (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.