Crime Rates in Southwark & Waterloo (SE1)
Crime statistics for SE1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Southwark & Waterloo (SE1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 2,517 crimes within 1 mile of the SE1 centre, against 2,188 around SE1P, 2,030 around SE17, 2,747 around EC4 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in SE1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the SE1 centre were Theft from the person (496), Other theft (459) and Violent crime (406), out of 2,517 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full SE1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in SE1?
Enter a full SE1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
SE1 at a glance
2,517 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the SE1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was theft from the person, at 20% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 2,517
- Most recorded category
- Theft from the person (20%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police Service
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Theft from the person | 496 | 20% |
| Other theft | 459 | 18% |
| Violent crime | 406 | 16% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 400 | 16% |
| Shoplifting | 193 | 8% |
| Public order | 106 | 4% |
| Robbery | 103 | 4% |
| Burglary | 96 | 4% |
| All other categories | 258 | 10% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the SE1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How SE1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark & Waterloo (SE1) | 2,517 | Theft from the person (20%) | — |
| SE1P | 2,188 | Anti-social behaviour (21%) | 1.1km |
| Walworth & Elephant & Castle (SE17) | 2,030 | Anti-social behaviour (24%) | 1.2km |
| City of London (West) & Fleet Street (EC4) | 2,747 | Shoplifting (20%) | 1.3km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest SE1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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