Crime Rates at Harper Road, London, SE1 6QD

Harper Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 135th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harper Road (SE1 6QD) in the last 12 months was 288.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 118.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harper Road (SE1 6QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newington Causeway, where police recorded 303 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elephant Road (94 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.