Southwark records highest crime rate in south-east London

Southwark recorded the highest number of criminal offences in south-east London during September, with 3,725 crimes reported. Theft was the most common offence in the borough, with 1,606 incidents. Violence against the person was the second most frequent crime, with 837 reports, as stated by Metropolitan Police figures analysed by News Shopper and This Is Local London.

The total number of offences logged across south-east London in September was 12,142. This represented a 1.5 per cent increase compared to August. The data covers the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, and Southwark.

Other boroughs' crime figures

Lewisham recorded the second-highest number of offences in the region, with 2,669 incidents in September. Greenwich ranked third with 2,465 reported offences. Bromley reported 1,958 offences, a lower figure than its inner London neighbours, despite being London’s largest borough by area. Bexley recorded the lowest number of offences in south-east London, with 1,325 crimes reported.

Across the analysed boroughs, theft and violence against the person consistently accounted for a significant proportion of recorded offences. This pattern has remained largely unchanged throughout the year, with Southwark typically recording the highest number of offences and Bexley the lowest each month, according to the reports.