Total Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deverell Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 161st lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Deverell Street (SE1 4AA) in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deverell Street (SE1 4AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rodney Place, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurgeon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spurgeon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tabard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sterry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baytree Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baytree Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Baytree Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pilgrimage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burbage Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Globe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pardoner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pardoner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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