Total Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marshalsea Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 266th highest crime rate of 799 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 Marshalsea Road (SE1 1JW) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marshalsea Road (SE1 1JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 218 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (43 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 | Public order | Ewer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hulme Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dorrit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ayres Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayres Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hulme Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Guildford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sanctuary Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sanctuary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Dorrit Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southwark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Great Guildford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Guildford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A300 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A300 | Under investigation |
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