Postcode districts
Crime in SE23
Published street-crime records for the SE23 postcode district, assigned by each record's approximate published location from data.police.uk.
Last 12 published months
July 2025 to June 2026.
Street-crime records
5,670
Latest month (June 2026)
396
Change vs previous 12 months
-4.9%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
566 |
| August 2025 |
494 |
| September 2025 |
534 |
| October 2025 |
576 |
| November 2025 |
558 |
| December 2025 |
428 |
| January 2026 |
450 |
| February 2026 |
374 |
| March 2026 |
456 |
| April 2026 |
382 |
| May 2026 |
456 |
| June 2026 |
396 |
Top crime categories
Share of SE23 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
1,690 |
29.8% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
1,246 |
22.0% |
| Vehicle Crime |
618 |
10.9% |
| Shoplifting |
376 |
6.6% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
328 |
5.8% |
| Other Theft |
318 |
5.6% |
| Public Order |
272 |
4.8% |
| Burglary |
234 |
4.1% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for SE23. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
2,920 |
| 2022 |
2,857 |
| 2023 |
5,303 |
| 2024 |
5,950 |
| 2025 |
6,076 |
| 2026 |
2,514 |
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Limits to keep in mind
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a district by its nearest postcode. Counts near district boundaries are indicative.
- These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
- Outcome labels in the source data are not court results or conviction rates.
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