Total Crime Rate

196.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 196.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 82.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 19.6 9/10
  • Burglary 15.7 10/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Long Lane area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 239th highest crime rate of 799 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 Long Lane (SE1 4BL) in the last 12 months was 196.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% lower than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Lane (SE1 4BL), the main crime hotspot is near Long Lane. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nebraska Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Leathermarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Great Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spurgeon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spurgeon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spurgeon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spurgeon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leathermarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leathermarket Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melior Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Melior Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirby Grove —
Sep 2025Other crime Melior Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Melior Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Melior Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Weston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Dover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cardinal Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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