Total Crime Rate
114.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albany Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Faraday , and the 355th lowest crime rate of 769 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 114.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower than the Faraday average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% 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 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haywood Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Faraday| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St George'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Haywood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upnor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinglake Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mina Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surrey Square | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Loncroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobourg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobourg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shorncliffe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shorncliffe Road | — |
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