Crime Rate in South Bermondsey, ward

South Bermondsey has the 9th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 1713th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 317th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Bermondsey in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% lower than the Southwark district average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Bermondsey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 462 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , up 30.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 64.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -27.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 637 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Bermondsey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Balaclava Road, with 72 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mason Close (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.