Total Crime Rate
135.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beatrice Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beatrice Road (SE1 5BT) in the last 12 months was 135.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% higher than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beatrice Road (SE1 5BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James'S Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mason Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Bermondsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alexis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stevenson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mason Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mason Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Catlin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strathnairn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camilla Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monnow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roseberry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lynton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossetti Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossetti Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anchor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppard Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppard Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roseberry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camilla Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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