Crime in SE1: Southwark, London
data.police.uk recorded 2,517 street-level crimes at the representative point for SE1 (Southwark, London) in Aug 2026. The most common category was theft from the person (496 reports, 19.7% of the total). The monthly total fell versus the month before. That is roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area.
South-bank Southwark and Bermondsey, a high-footfall riverside and nightlife district.
Crime by category in SE1
Every street-level crime recorded near the SE1 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Theft from the person | 496 | 19.7% |
| Other theft | 459 | 18.2% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 406 | 16.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 400 | 15.9% |
| Shoplifting | 193 | 7.7% |
| Public order | 106 | 4.2% |
| Robbery | 103 | 4.1% |
| Burglary | 96 | 3.8% |
| Drugs | 94 | 3.7% |
| Bicycle theft | 68 | 2.7% |
| Vehicle crime | 61 | 2.4% |
| Other crime | 13 | 0.5% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 0.5% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 10 | 0.4% |
2,517 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the SE1 centroid, not a single street or property.
SE1 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the SE1 representative point. The recent monthly average is 2,483 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is SE1?
In Aug 2026, SE1 was roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture, not in isolation.
2,517 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · theft from the person most common
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in SE1?
data.police.uk recorded 2,517 street-level crimes in SE1 (Southwark, London) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 2,483 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was theft from the person, at 19.7% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in SE1?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in SE1 were theft from the person (496), other theft (459), violence and sexual offences (406). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is SE1 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for SE1 fell most recently and averaged 2,483 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for SE1?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened (never the exact address), so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Peckham, a dense, fast-changing inner south-east London district.
Forest Hill, a leafy residential commuter district.
Rotherhithe and south Bermondsey, a riverside residential district in Southwark.
Camberwell, a dense inner south London district around King's College Hospital.
Lewisham town centre, a busy south-east London retail and transport district.
East Dulwich, a residential south London district in Southwark.
Sources
- Street-level crime data, data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding, postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.