Total Crime Rate
446.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Suffolk Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 64th highest crime rate of 799 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 0BL) in the last 12 months was 446.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 316.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 288 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Webber Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Isabella Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Price'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Price'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bear Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bear Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farnham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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