Crime Rates at Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0BU

Great Suffolk Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 325th 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 0BU) in the last 12 months was 144.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 112.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 0BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 218 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newington Causeway (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.