Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

10.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 31.8 10/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 10.6 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Great Suffolk Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 368th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 0BE) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Webber Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Great Suffolk Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pepper Street
Apr 2026Other theft Farnham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushworth Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rushworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Burglary Glasshill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Farnham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farnham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dolben Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King James Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Loman Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pocock Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lancaster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dolben Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Price'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Price'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Price'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Price'S Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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