Total Crime Rate

164.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 164.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 26.8 10/10
  • Burglary 23.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 15.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royal Oak Yard area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 278th 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 Royal Oak Yard (SE1 3GB) in the last 12 months was 164.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (250.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Oak Yard (SE1 3GB), the main crime hotspot is near A2198. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Oak Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/137)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunsterville Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tower Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tower Bridge Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Archie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brunswick Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brunswick Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Long Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Long Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White'S Grounds —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White'S Grounds —
Apr 2026Public order Newham'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Newham'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shand Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shand Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Market Yard Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Market Yard Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crucifix Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Crucifix Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Crucifix Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crucifix Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crucifix Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Crucifix Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Black Swan Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Black Swan Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bermondsey Street 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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