Total Crime Rate
505.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gatehouse Square area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 54th highest crime rate of 799 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 Gatehouse Square (SE1 9HN) in the last 12 months was 505.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 257.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gatehouse Square (SE1 9HN), 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.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sumner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Doyce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyce Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caleb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caleb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorrit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dorrit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ayres Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayres Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Dorrit Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilary Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilary Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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