Total Crime Rate
365.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026County Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 97th 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 County Street (SE1 6AH) in the last 12 months was 365.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% higher than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around County Street (SE1 6AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sayer Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brandon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Kent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrick Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Merrick Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Merrick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrick Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brandon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brandon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victory Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | County Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Content Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Munton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Content Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Content Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Content Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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