Crime Rates at Meakin Estate, London, SE1 4QL

Meakin Estate area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 378th lowest 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 Meakin Estate (SE1 4QL) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meakin Estate (SE1 4QL), 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.