Police-recorded · Southwark · Metropolitan Police Service
Theft from the person in Southwark
12 months to June 2026
21.8per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 6,823 theft from the person offences in Southwark in the 12 months to June 2026, down 1.7% (115) on the previous 12 months. That is 21.8 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 312,366
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
8,407
28.7
2012
June 2013
10,558
35.4
2013
June 2014
9,107
30.4
2014
June 2015
8,906
29.3
2015
June 2016
9,046
29.5
2016
June 2017
9,740
31.7
2017
June 2018
9,768
31.5
2018
June 2019
11,763
37.6
2019
June 2020
9,571
30.7
2020
June 2021
8,400
27.4
2021
June 2022
10,393
33.4
2022
June 2023
12,926
40.9
2023
June 2024
14,694
46.3
2024
June 2025
16,672
53.4
2025
June 2026
15,871
50.8
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.