Total Crime Rate

431.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 431.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 114.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 111.1 10/10
  • Other theft 70.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Robbery 33.7 10/10
  • Burglary 23.6 10/10
  • Drugs 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.2 9/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 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 Guildford Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 68th highest crime rate of 769 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 Great Guildford Street (SE1 0FA) in the last 12 months was 431.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Guildford Street (SE1 0FA), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 162 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Guildford Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/105)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Loman Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person A300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Square —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hulme Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hulme Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ayres Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Dorrit Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorrit Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A300 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A300 —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bear Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bear Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bear Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bear Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bear Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bear Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weller Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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