Total Crime Rate

228.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 228.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 84.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Burglary 19.3 10/10
  • Other theft 16.9 9/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Falmouth Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 189th 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 Falmouth Road (SE1 4JX) in the last 12 months was 228.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 117.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Falmouth Road (SE1 4JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Kent Road, where police recorded 113 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.

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Crime Over Time in Falmouth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silvester Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Silvester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Silvester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Silvester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nebraska Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Globe Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Globe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Globe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Globe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sterry Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burbage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cardinal Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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