Total Crime Rate

916.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 916.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 442.1 10/10
  • Other theft 106.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.1 10/10
  • Robbery 74.2 10/10
  • Burglary 29.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.8 10/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.9 5/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nicholson Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 21st 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 Nicholson Street (SE1 0XP) in the last 12 months was 916.9 per 1,000 residents and was 87.0% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 175.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nicholson Street (SE1 0XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 214 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Webber Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nicholson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft The Cut Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ufford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burrows Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burrows Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burrows Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrows Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Boundary Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Boundary Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boundary Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Webber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Joan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person B300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pocock Street
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rennie Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rennie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rennie Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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