Total Crime Rate
89.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Weston Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 289th lowest 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 Weston Street (SE1 4DX) in the last 12 months was 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% lower than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% 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 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alice Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hankey Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild'S Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rephidim Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rephidim Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Law Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Law Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Law Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Law Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paragon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Searles Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lansdowne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pardoner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pardoner Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartholomew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Black Horse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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