Total Crime Rate
500.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hopton 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 Hopton Street (SE1 9JW) 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 Hopton Street (SE1 9JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 214 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (35 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | 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 | Other theft | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farnham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farnham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A3200 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burrell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hopton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hopton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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