Crime Rates at Borough High Street, London, SE1 1NL

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 1NL) 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 1NL), 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.