Total Crime Rate
188.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manciple Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 245th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Manciple Street (SE1 4AP) in the last 12 months was 188.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% lower than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manciple Street (SE1 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Long Lane (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manciple Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockyer Street | 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 | Bicycle theft | Great Maze Pond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snowsfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snowsfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardinal Bourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hankey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manciple Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Black Horse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Black Horse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Awaiting court outcome |
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