Total Crime Rate

204.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 72.5 10/10
  • Other theft 42.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Upper Ground area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 223rd 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 Upper Ground (SE1 9PB) in the last 12 months was 204.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 118.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Ground (SE1 9PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingscote Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Ground area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hopton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burrell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nicholson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nicholson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nicholson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nicholson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A3200
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rennie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rennie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rennie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rennie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rennie Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Joan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Joan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A3200
Sep 2025Theft from the person A3200 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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