Total Crime Rate
229.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Lane area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 184th highest crime rate of 769 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 4PS) in the last 12 months was 229.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 81.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Lane (SE1 4PS), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 614 crimes here, including 161 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pilgrimage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tabard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Great Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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