Total Crime Rate
401.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Long Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 77th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Long Lane (SE1 4AY) in the last 12 months was 401.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 94.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Lane (SE1 4AY), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 355 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Southall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mermaid Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mermaid Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southall Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southall Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hankey Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hankey Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Maze Pond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Manciple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Long Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Snowsfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
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