Total Crime Rate
168.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southwark Bridge Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 279th highest 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 Southwark Bridge Road (SE1 6FJ) in the last 12 months was 168.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Southwark Bridge Road (SE1 6FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 457 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Milcote Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Causeway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Causeway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elephant And Castle | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elephant And Castle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elephant And Castle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elephant And Castle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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