Total Crime Rate

128.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 128.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Avondale Square area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 376th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avondale Square (SE1 5NS) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Avondale Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Burnham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Olmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B204 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Reverdy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B204 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Old Kent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Old Kent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Avondale Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Ossory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Avondale Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B204
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Welsford Street
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Welsford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Reverdy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Olmar Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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