Total Crime Rate
359.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert Embankment area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in St George's , and the 91st highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Embankment (SE1 7SP) in the last 12 months was 359.1 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% higher than the St George's average (186.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Embankment (SE1 7SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Salamanca Place, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ferry Terminal (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St George's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spring Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spring Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoughton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | A3203 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A3203 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Randall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albert Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albert Embankment | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Randall Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Citadel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jonathan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vauxhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jonathan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vauxhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vauxhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vauxhall Walk | Under investigation |
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