Total Crime Rate
232.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Trinity Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 180th 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 Trinity Street (SE1 4JZ) in the last 12 months was 232.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% higher than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trinity Street (SE1 4JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Kent Road, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burbage Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burbage Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tabard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pilgrimage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurgeon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spurgeon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spurgeon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burbage Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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