Crime Rate in St George's, ward

St George's has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 358th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 86th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St George's in the last 12 months was 182.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% higher than the Southwark district average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St George's’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 504 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , up 83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -13.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 463 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St George's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Elephant And Castle, with 178 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Churchyard Row (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.