Total Crime Rate
140.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garden 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Bridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | West Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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