Total Crime Rate

109.9 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 109.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avondale Square area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 365th lowest crime rate of 799 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 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% 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 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rolls Road (29 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Avondale Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rolls Road Under investigation
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxley Close β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Cooper'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Square β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Avondale Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mawbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Abercorn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Simms Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Esmeralda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Esmeralda Road 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
Sep 2025Burglary Abercorn Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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