Total Crime Rate
607.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
138.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scovell Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 41st highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scovell Road (SE1 1QG) in the last 12 months was 607.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 138.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scovell Road (SE1 1QG), 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.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sawyer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Causeway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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