Total Crime Rate
389.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ewer Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 85th 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 Ewer Street (SE1 0FT) in the last 12 months was 389.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ewer Street (SE1 0FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dolben Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A300 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A300 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bear Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bear Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bear Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bear Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bear Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bear Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sawyer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorrit Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weller Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gatehouse Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gatehouse Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sudrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dorrit Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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