Total Crime Rate

543.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 543.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 127.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 110.0 10/10
  • Burglary 85.9 10/10
  • Other theft 85.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 82.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 27.5 10/10
  • Robbery 24.1 10/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southwark Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 50th highest crime rate of 797 local areas in Southwark .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southwark Street (SE1 1RU) in the last 12 months was 543.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (483.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 257.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwark Street (SE1 1RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 462 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borough High Street (110 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southwark Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/205)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Robbery Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough High Street Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough High Street Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Borough High Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Clink Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Bank End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Bank End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Bank End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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