Total Crime Rate
129.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hankey Place area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 372nd 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 Hankey Place (SE1 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hankey Place (SE1 4BJ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snowsfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamlet Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowsfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Guy Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Manciple Street | — |
| 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 | 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 | Theft from the person | Guy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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