Total Crime Rate

114.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.1 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 114.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 45.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 31.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Pontypool Place area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 354th lowest 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 Pontypool Place (SE1 8QF) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pontypool Place (SE1 8QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Cut, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pear Place (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pontypool Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/162)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Joan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Webber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Blackfriars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Waterloo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Webber Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Short Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baron'S Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Baron'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Baron'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hatfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Roupell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roupell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatfields —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatfields —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A3202 —
Apr 2026Robbery Short Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hatfields Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Westminster Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Cut Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Cut Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Cut Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person The Cut Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greet Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Greet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Library Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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