Crime Rates at Southwark Street, London, SE1 0SU

Southwark 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 Southwark Street (SE1 0SU) 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 Southwark Street (SE1 0SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holland Street, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southwark Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.