Total Crime Rate
773.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
367.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brockham Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 29th highest crime rate of 769 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 4HX) in the last 12 months was 773.6 per 1,000 residents and was 244.9% higher 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 367.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockham Street (SE1 4HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borough | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Falmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Falmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | County Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrick Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Merrick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrick Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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