Crime Rates at Scrooby Street, London, SE6 4JB

Scrooby Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Ladywell , and the 95th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scrooby Street (SE6 4JB) in the last 12 months was 249.2 per 1,000 residents and was 106.7% higher than the Ladywell average (120.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 138.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scrooby Street (SE6 4JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 314 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (108 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.