Crime Rates at Rothsay Street, London, SE1 4UE

Rothsay Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 283rd 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 Rothsay Street (SE1 4UE) in the last 12 months was 163.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rothsay Street (SE1 4UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2198, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Law Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.