Total Crime Rate

320.7 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 320.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 48.3 10/10
  • Other theft 31.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Burglary 24.1 10/10
  • Robbery 20.7 10/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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

Tower Bridge Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 107th 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 Tower Bridge Road (SE1 3NE) in the last 12 months was 320.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Bridge Road (SE1 3NE), the main crime hotspot is near Crimscott Street. Police recorded 171 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Bridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/131)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Yard Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Market Yard Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Yard Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Yard Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Page'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Page'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guinness Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guinness Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cluny Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cluny Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cluny Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cluny Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cluny Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bermondsey Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Mead —
Sep 2025Robbery Leroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Decima Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alice Street Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 131

Data Sources

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