Total Crime Rate
323.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lancaster Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 105th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lancaster Street (SE1 0RS) in the last 12 months was 323.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancaster Street (SE1 0RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 218 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaunt 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 | Burglary | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Webber Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Garden Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Collinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ufford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gaywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burrows Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burrows Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burrows Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrows Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boundary Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boundary Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boundary Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St George'S Circus | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Webber Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.