Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lordship Lane area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 267th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lordship Lane (SE22 8EW) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% higher than the Dulwich Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lordship Lane (SE22 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dulwich Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Spurling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spurling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Frogley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Melbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shawbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sage Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bassano Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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