Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 31.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Burglary 18.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 18.6 9/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackfriars Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 338th 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 Blackfriars Road (SE1 8ER) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackfriars Road (SE1 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Cut, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Webber Street (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackfriars Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/140)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft The Cut Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Isabella Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pocock Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pocock Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Isabella Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Isabella Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Isabella Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Silex Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person B300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Blackfriars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Price'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Price'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Price'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft The Cut Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Webber Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Cut Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King James Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Scoresby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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