Total Crime Rate

500.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 500.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 174.5 10/10
  • Other theft 117.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 54.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 44.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Robbery 28.7 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holland Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 55th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holland Street (SE1 9JF) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -73.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holland Street (SE1 9JF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 171 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Holland Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ewer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ewer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ewer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Farnham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farnham Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Risborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person B300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Sumner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person B300 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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