Total Crime Rate
241.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Churchyard Row area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Borough & Bankside , and the 175th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Churchyard Row (SE11 4FE) in the last 12 months was 241.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower than the Borough & Bankside average (490.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 169.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Churchyard Row (SE11 4FE), the main crime hotspot is near Elephant And Castle. Police recorded 398 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Borough & Bankside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Renfrew Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wollaston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wollaston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howell Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howell Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wollaston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newington Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newington Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Butts | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Butts | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dante Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dante Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dante Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wollaston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wollaston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dante Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Colnbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebrook Close | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.