Total Crime Rate
494.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weller Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 55th 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 Weller Street (SE1 1QU) in the last 12 months was 494.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weller Street (SE1 1QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southwark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southwark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southwark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Borough | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avonmouth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Avonmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonmouth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Guildford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bittern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Guildford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stones End Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stones End Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Doyce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Doyce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weller Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southwark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bittern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weller Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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