Total Crime Rate
799.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burrows Mews area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 25th highest crime rate of 769 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 Burrows Mews (SE1 8LD) in the last 12 months was 799.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burrows Mews (SE1 8LD), 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.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | London Waterloo East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Library Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Library Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Library Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nicholson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nicholson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burrell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Isabella Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Isabella Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Isabella Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Isabella Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackfriars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rennie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rennie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rushworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pocock Street | — |
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