Total Crime Rate
685.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Dover Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Dover Street (SE1 4YB) in the last 12 months was 685.5 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 119.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Dover Street (SE1 4YB), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 355 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sanctuary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sanctuary Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hulme Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hulme Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayres Street | Under investigation |
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