Total Crime Rate

106.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lordship Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 353rd lowest 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 Lordship Lane (SE22 8JF) in the last 12 months was 106.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lordship Lane (SE22 8JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Landcroft Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesterfield Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lordship Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Playfield Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Thompson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sage Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landcroft Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landcroft Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Landcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Landcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thompson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thompson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwater Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pellatt Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Pellatt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pellatt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shawbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Whateley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bassano Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landcroft Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dudrich Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dudrich Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwell Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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