Total Crime Rate

357.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 357.3 10/10
  • Other theft 85.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 77.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.4 9/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.5 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

Bowling Green Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 799 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 Bowling Green Place (SE1 1YL) in the last 12 months was 357.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 57 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 Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowling Green Place (SE1 1YL), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 551 crimes here, including 147 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowling Green Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Close
Sep 2025Other theft Montague Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Montague Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Montague Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montague Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary London Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough High Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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