Total Crime Rate
98.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weston Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 285th 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 4DX) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weston Street (SE1 4DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Law Street (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 | Vehicle crime | Tabard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wild'S Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aberdour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothsay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rothsay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Green Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wild'S Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wild'S Rents | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wild'S Rents | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rephidim Street | 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 | Theft from the person | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Decima Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Elim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bluelion Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Walk | — |
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