Total Crime Rate

341.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 341.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 44.6 10/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Drugs 24.8 10/10
  • Robbery 24.8 10/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Empire Square East area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 109th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Empire Square East (SE1 4NB) in the last 12 months was 341.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Empire Square East (SE1 4NB), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Empire Square East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/166)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Dover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spurgeon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spurgeon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Great Dover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Dover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spurgeon Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Southall Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Globe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Globe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Globe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Globe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Globe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Globe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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