Total Crime Rate

270.6 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 270.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 64.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 45.9 10/10
  • Other theft 45.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Robbery 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

Sumner Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 137th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sumner Street (SE1 9JX) in the last 12 months was 270.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sumner Street (SE1 9JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sumner Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maiden Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perkins Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Perkins Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person 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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maiden Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gatehouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gatehouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gatehouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gatehouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gatehouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gatehouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Maiden Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bank End Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ayres Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ayres Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doyce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doyce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Doyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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