Total Crime Rate

85.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.1 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 268th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (SE1 0AH) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (SE1 0AH), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 322 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/180)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Boundary Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Milcote Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pocock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pocock Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Silex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davidge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Milcote Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Rushworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Webber Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Webber Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Surrey Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Surrey Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surrey Row —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surrey Row —
Sep 2025Theft from the person King James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glasshill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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