Total Crime Rate

685.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 685.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 229.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 154.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.5 9/10
  • Other theft 47.2 10/10
  • Burglary 40.9 10/10
  • Robbery 28.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.0 9/10
  • Drugs 22.0 10/10
  • Other crime 15.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • 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

Great 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.

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Crime Over Time in Great Dover Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Caleb Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Caleb Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place
Sep 2025Other theft Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sanctuary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanctuary Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hulme Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hulme Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hulme Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulme Place
Sep 2025Drugs Caleb Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A3201 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ayres Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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