Total Crime Rate

145.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grove Vale area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 320th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Vale (SE22 8EN) in the last 12 months was 145.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% higher than the Champion Hill average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Vale (SE22 8EN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Vale area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Adys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Everthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Quorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Besant Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Besant Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Vale
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Vale
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Everthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Everthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Zenoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashbourne Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Spurling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spurling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsden Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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