Crime Rate in St Martin's, ward

St Martin's has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 1795th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 329th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Martin's in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Martin's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 326 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -54.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 19.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 444 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Martin's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 130 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Perran Road (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.