Total Crime Rate
571.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 8th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 47th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (SE1 2TZ) in the last 12 months was 571.1 per 1,000 residents and was 122.9% 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 Other theft with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 122.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode SE1 2TZ, 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.
View Crime In London Bridge & West Bermondsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardwidge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | English Grounds | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tanner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tanner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tanner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pope Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pope Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | English Grounds | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | English Grounds | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | English Grounds | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | English Grounds | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | English Grounds | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | English Grounds | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gibbon'S Rent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bursar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bursar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bursar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bursar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Magdalen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Magdalen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holyrood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holyrood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Braidwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Bridge Road | — |
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