Crime Rate in Oval, ward

Oval has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 900th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 193rd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Oval in the last 12 months was 130.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Lambeth district average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Oval’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 356 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 11 cases , down -26.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 25.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 483 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Oval ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 321 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Miles Street (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.