Total Crime Rate
500.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holland 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ewer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ewer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farnham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Risborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sumner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B300 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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