Crime Rates at Lafone Street, London, SE1 2LX

Lafone Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 136th 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 Lafone Street (SE1 2LX) in the last 12 months was 273.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (256.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lafone Street (SE1 2LX), the main crime hotspot is near Horselydown Lane. Police recorded 357 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.