Total Crime Rate

176.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 176.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 18.4 9/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Marshalsea 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.

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Crime Over Time in Marshalsea Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ewer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hulme Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dorrit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ayres Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ayres Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A3201 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place —
Sep 2025Public order Hulme Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Guildford Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hulme Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanctuary Street —
Sep 2025Public order Sanctuary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Dorrit Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southwark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Great Guildford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Guildford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary A300 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A300 Under investigation

Data Sources

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