Total Crime Rate

275.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 275.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 146.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.3 8/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Falmouth Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 134th highest crime rate of 799 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 Falmouth Road (SE1 6QW) in the last 12 months was 275.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% higher than the Chaucer average (201.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Falmouth Road (SE1 6QW), the main crime hotspot is near Elephant Road. Police recorded 325 crimes here, including 104 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Falmouth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wansey Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Terrace
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heygate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brockham Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Brockham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brockham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brockham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brockham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Place
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Meadow Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rockingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rockingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockingham Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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