Total Crime Rate
237.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Falmouth Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 175th highest crime rate of 769 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 Falmouth Road (SE1 6QN) in the last 12 months was 237.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falmouth Road (SE1 6QN), the main crime hotspot is near Elephant Road. Police recorded 357 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chaucer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bath Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bath Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heygate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hulme Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hulme Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Meadow Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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