Total Crime Rate
283.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Snowsfields area has the 18th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 131st 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 Snowsfields (SE1 3SS) in the last 12 months was 283.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Snowsfields (SE1 3SS), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 551 crimes here, including 147 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Borough High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardwidge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leathermarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leathermarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leathermarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melior Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melior Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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