Southwark

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307,637 people · median £518,000

Good for schools

Southwark Council · Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 34/63 seats · 54% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 14.2 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.3 average across districts AcreRight covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month14.2

Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

8,646

Anti-social behaviour

7,960

Theft from the person

5,466

Other theft

4,035

Shoplifting

2,505

Vehicle crime

2,158

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Shopping Area	836
Supermarket	756
Further/Higher Educational Building	391
Borough High Street	347
Walworth Place	290

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk

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