Total Crime Rate
568.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Walk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in London Bridge & West Bermondsey , and the 45th 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 Willow Walk (SE1 5SU) in the last 12 months was 568.9 per 1,000 residents and was 126.9% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 195.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Walk (SE1 5SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendre Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Bermondsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hendre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haven Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haven Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alscot Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alscot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alscot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alscot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alscot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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