Crime Rate in Waterloo & South Bank, ward

Waterloo & South Bank has the highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 11th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 6th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waterloo & South Bank in the last 12 months was 618.5 per 1,000 residents and was 309.0% higher than the Lambeth district average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waterloo & South Bank’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,454 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , up 5.9% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 17.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,618 (≈ 160.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waterloo & South Bank ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 739 crimes here, including 385 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.