Total Crime Rate

33.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.4 3/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rowcross Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rowcross Street (SE1 5HQ) in the last 12 months was 33.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% lower than the London Bridge & West Bermondsey average (256.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Robbery with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowcross Street (SE1 5HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rowcross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mawbey Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Burnham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rowcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rowcross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowcross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Chaucer Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nile Terrace —
Sep 2025Burglary Longfellow Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowcross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brodie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rowcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cooper'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harmony Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harmony Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mawbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mawbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mawbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cooper'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxley Close —
Sep 2025Public order Rowcross Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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