Crime Rates at Porter Street, London, SE1 9HD

Porter Street area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the highest crime rate of 799 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 Porter Street (SE1 9HD) in the last 12 months was 3887.9 per 1,000 residents and was 693.0% higher than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 474 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 52.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 457.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porter Street (SE1 9HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 402 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borough High Street (114 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.