Crime Rates at Albany Road, London, SE5 0DB

Albany Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Faraday , and the 389th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Albany Road (SE5 0DB) in the last 12 months was 124.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Faraday average (156.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 280.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albany Road (SE5 0DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ivy Church Lane (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.