Total Crime Rate

187.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 187.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 68.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 26.7 10/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Robbery 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kipling Estate area has the 38th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 250th 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 Kipling Estate (SE1 3RL) in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kipling Estate (SE1 3RL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 325 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kipling Estate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/143)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Southall Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wild'S Rents Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wild'S Rents —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wild'S Rents —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wild'S Rents Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rothsay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothsay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Decima Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Decima Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Decima Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Decima Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cluny Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2198 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Law Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Law Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weston Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weston Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order A2198 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2198 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Elim Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2198 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2198 Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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