Total Crime Rate

172.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 23.6 10/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Robbery 11.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rothsay Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 271st 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 Rothsay Street (SE1 4UE) in the last 12 months was 172.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -52.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 66.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rothsay Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Staple Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aberdour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Decima Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rothsay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Decima Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aberdour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tower Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wild'S Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rephidim Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rephidim Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rephidim Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Law Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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