Crime Rate in Knight's Hill, ward

Knight's Hill has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 1955th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 346th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Knight's Hill in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Knight's Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 452 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , up 83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 241.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 586 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Knight's Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Edge Point Close. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.