Total Crime Rate
546.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 48th 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 Park Street (SE1 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 546.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (454.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 113.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Street (SE1 9EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Borough High Street. Police recorded 614 crimes here, including 161 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Emerson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cathedral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cathedral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mermaid Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mermaid Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winchester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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