Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weston Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 331st lowest 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 Weston Street (SE1 4DH) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 144.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weston Street (SE1 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burbage Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2198 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Prioress Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elim Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Elim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2198 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A2198 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wild'S Rents | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A2198 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A2198 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A2198 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A2198 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A2198 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Law Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Law Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pardoner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pardoner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wild'S Rents | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wild'S Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snowsfields | Awaiting court outcome |
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