Southwark tops crime figures in south-east London for October

Southwark recorded the highest number of criminal offences in south-east London during October, with 3,730 crimes reported to the Metropolitan Police. Theft was the most common offence in the borough, accounting for 1,676 incidents. Violence against the person was the second most frequent crime, with 753 reports.

The total number of offences logged across south-east London in October was 12,409. This figure represents a 2.2 per cent increase compared to the number of crimes reported in September. The Metropolitan Police data covers the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, and Southwark.

Other boroughs' crime figures

Lewisham recorded the second-highest crime total in the region, with 2,724 offences reported in October. Greenwich ranked third with 2,477 reported crimes. Bromley recorded 2,063 offences, while Bexley had the lowest number of reported offences in south-east London, with 1,415 crimes logged during the month.

Across all boroughs in south-east London, theft and violence against the person consistently emerged as the two most frequently recorded crime types. These categories together accounted for a substantial proportion of the total offences logged each month. This pattern has remained largely consistent throughout the year, with Southwark reporting the highest number of offences and Bexley the lowest in each month.