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 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 6th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waterloo & South Bank in the last 12 months was 615.7 per 1,000 residents and was 309.9% higher than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waterloo & South Bank’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,754 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 19 cases , down -13.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 45.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -14.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,590 (≈ 157.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waterloo & South Bank ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 705 crimes here, including 355 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.