Total Crime Rate

134.5 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 134.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 37.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Burglary 21.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Searles Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 353rd 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 Searles Road (SE1 4YX) in the last 12 months was 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Searles Road (SE1 4YX), the main crime hotspot is near Alice Street. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Searles Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burbage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burbage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chatham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Kent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Court —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mandela Way 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Court —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Horse Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burbage Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Law Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Huntsman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beckway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beckway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Massinger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Massinger Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Maurice Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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