Total Crime Rate
354.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coopers Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 94th 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 Coopers Road (SE1 5ED) in the last 12 months was 354.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coopers Road (SE1 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Old Kent Road. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rolls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reverdy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cooper'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mawbey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mawbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mawbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mawbey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harmony Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harmony Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cooper'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brodie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowcross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abercorn Way | Under investigation |
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