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

Hopton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hopton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft 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 2025Other theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farnham Place
Sep 2025Shoplifting Farnham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Farnham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A3200
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burrell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hopton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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