Total Crime Rate

177.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 177.4 9/10
  • Other theft 80.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 32.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 25.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Great Suffolk Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 262nd 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 Great Suffolk Street (SE1 1NY) in the last 12 months was 177.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 1NY), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 303 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Suffolk Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/175)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avonmouth Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Avonmouth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avonmouth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trundle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rockingham Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rockingham Street —
Apr 2026Public order Rockingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rockingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rockingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stones End Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Stones End Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bittern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weller Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weller Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bath Terrace —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bath Terrace —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bath Terrace —
Apr 2026Burglary Bath Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bath Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Bath Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bittern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Local resolution
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Data Sources

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