Total Crime Rate
228.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Falmouth 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.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cole Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silvester Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Silvester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Silvester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Silvester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nebraska Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Globe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Globe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Globe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Globe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sterry Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cardinal Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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