Crime Rate in St George's, ward

St George's has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 352nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 82nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St George's in the last 12 months was 186.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% higher than the Southwark district average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St George's’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 508 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 72.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -39.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 438 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St George's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Elephant And Castle, with 154 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Churchyard Row (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.