Total Crime Rate
149.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kipling Estate area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 313th 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 Kipling Estate (SE1 3RH) in the last 12 months was 149.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% lower than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kipling Estate (SE1 3RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alice Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southall Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A2205 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lansdowne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pardoner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pardoner Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Horse Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Horse Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A2205 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A2205 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A2205 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lamb Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lamb Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Carmarthen Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carmarthen Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carmarthen Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Staple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Staple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hamlet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hamlet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hamlet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Law Street | β |
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