Total Crime Rate
506.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Union Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 52nd 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 Union Street (SE1 0LR) in the last 12 months was 506.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 123.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Street (SE1 0LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 203 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.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nicholson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glasshill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Webber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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