Total Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harleyford Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Oval , and the 307th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harleyford Road (SE11 5SN) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Oval average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harleyford Road (SE11 5SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glyn Street, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oval Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Auckland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Trigon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trigon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trigon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vauxhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claylands Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harleyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington Oval | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Auckland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tyers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oval Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebbisham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashmole Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Oswald'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oval Way | Under investigation |
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