Total Crime Rate
3733.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
445.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southwark Bridge 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 Southwark Bridge (SE1 9HL) 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 Southwark Bridge (SE1 9HL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 366 crimes here, including 38 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 | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rochester Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | 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 | Winchester Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rochester Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rochester Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clink Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clink Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clink Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clink Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bell Wharf Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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