Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 33rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 266th 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 8LZ) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Dulwich Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lordship Lane (SE22 8LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough Lane, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Etherow Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lordship Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norcroft Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norcroft Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norcroft Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norcroft Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A2216 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A2216 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A2216 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A2216 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A2216 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2216 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Landcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Landells Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landells Road —

Data Sources

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