Total Crime Rate

424.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

134.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 424.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 134.5 10/10
  • Other theft 95.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 89.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.3 9/10
  • Public order 35.9 10/10
  • Robbery 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.4 10/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough High Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 71st 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 Borough High Street (SE1 1NB) in the last 12 months was 424.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough High Street (SE1 1NB), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 693 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Borough High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/244)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Maiden Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Montague Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Montague Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Montague Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Railway Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Duke Street Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Duke Street Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Duke Street Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person London Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borough High Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plantain Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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