Total Crime Rate
3733.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
445.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clink Street area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 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 Clink Street (SE1 9DL) in the last 12 months was 3733.3 per 1,000 residents and was 722.4% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 463 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 147 (≈ 445.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clink Street (SE1 9DL), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 693 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cathedral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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