Total Crime Rate
684.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brockham Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 34th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brockham Street (SE1 4HE) in the last 12 months was 684.0 per 1,000 residents and was 239.1% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 297.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockham Street (SE1 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Falmouth Road, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (44 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 | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Avonmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Meadow Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avonmouth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Avonmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tarn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tarn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tarn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tarn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tarn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tarn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tarn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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