Total Crime Rate

354.3 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 354.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 132.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.5 9/10
  • Burglary 27.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 22.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 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

Coopers 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.

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Crime Over Time in Coopers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rolls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rolls Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reverdy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxley Close
Sep 2025Robbery Cooper'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mawbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mawbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mawbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mawbey Road
Sep 2025Other theft Harmony Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harmony Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cooper'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burnham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brodie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rolls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowcross Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avondale Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abercorn Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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