Total Crime Rate
424.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crosby Row area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 71st highest crime rate of 769 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 Crosby Row (SE1 3YD) in the last 12 months was 424.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crosby Row (SE1 3YD), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 614 crimes here, including 161 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snowsfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | London Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manciple Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manciple Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hankey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snowsfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Maze Pond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lockyer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lockyer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockyer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Maze Pond | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Maze Pond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Maze Pond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Maze Pond | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Joiner Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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