Total Crime Rate

45.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.1 1/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Great Suffolk Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 1PQ) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Suffolk Street (SE1 1PQ), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 322 crimes here, including 89 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ewer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trundle Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trundle Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bittern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sudrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pepper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trundle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Collinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Collinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Collinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Collinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Collinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Trundle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stones End Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Caleb Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Caleb Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Caleb Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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