Total Crime Rate
225.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lancaster Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 198th highest crime rate of 769 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 0RY) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancaster Street (SE1 0RY), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 303 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St George's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Causeway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gaunt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gaunt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gaunt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ontario Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Library Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Surrey Row | Under investigation |
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