Total Crime Rate

172.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 49.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 18.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rolls Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 270th highest crime rate of 769 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 Rolls Road (SE1 5HA) in the last 12 months was 172.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% lower than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (250.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rolls Road (SE1 5HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avondale Square, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balaclava Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rolls Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Rowcross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Avondale Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Avondale Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Old Kent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Welsford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Reverdy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Reverdy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Ossory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welsford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mawbey Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Olmar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Catlin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abercorn Way —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Monnow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monnow Road —
Apr 2026Robbery Lynton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Olmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B204 Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B204 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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