Total Crime Rate

140.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very 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 140.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 32.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Garden Row area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 339th 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 Garden Row (SE1 6HW) in the last 12 months was 140.4 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 212.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Row (SE1 6HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elephant And Castle, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Webber Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Row area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westminster Bridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Square β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Square β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person West Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlebrook Close β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castlebrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Castlebrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castlebrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colnbrook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colnbrook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colnbrook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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