Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.0 7/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 12.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.1 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lovelace Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Martin's , and the 277th lowest crime rate of 768 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 Lovelace Road (SE21 8JY) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% lower than the St Martin's average (101.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovelace Road (SE21 8JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Nex Mews, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lairdale Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lovelace Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pymers Mead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lairdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dalmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Croxted Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dalmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Dalkeith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tulsemere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tulsemere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lavengro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastmearn Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Carson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lovelace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lovelace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lovelace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lovelace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Carson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dalmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pagoda Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Birkbeck Hill Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thurlow Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pagoda Grove —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Thurlow Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thurlow Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Thurlow Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dalmore Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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