Total Crime Rate

546.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

113.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 546.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 113.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.7 10/10
  • Other theft 99.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 99.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.6 9/10
  • Burglary 72.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 27.5 10/10
  • Robbery 24.1 10/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 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

Park 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.

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Crime Over Time in Park Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Emerson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cathedral Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cathedral Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bedale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bedale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bedale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bedale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bedale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bedale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mermaid Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Street
Apr 2026Burglary Mermaid Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Borough High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Winchester Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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