Total Crime Rate
209.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bartholomew Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 217th highest crime rate of 799 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 Bartholomew Street (SE1 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 209.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bartholomew Street (SE1 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Kent Road, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (44 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 | Rodney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Maurice Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | John Maurice Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Horse Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spurgeon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spurgeon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spurgeon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spurgeon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balfour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baytree Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gavel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rephidim Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | — |
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