Total Crime Rate
149.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Long Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 313th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Long Lane (SE1 4PN) in the last 12 months was 149.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% lower than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Lane (SE1 4PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alice Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southall Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Melior Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Snowsfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Melior Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Melior Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirby Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melior Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melior Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leathermarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leathermarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leathermarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardwidge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bluelion Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bluelion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluelion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowsfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Snowsfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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