Total Crime Rate
106.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pardoner Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 321st 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 Pardoner Street (SE1 4DR) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% lower than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pardoner Street (SE1 4DR), 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 | Theft from the person | Sterry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A2198 | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | A2198 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A2198 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paragon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Paragon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Searles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Searles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Searles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Prioress Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pardoner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rothsay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Decima Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Decima Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Decima Street | — |
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