Total Crime Rate
440.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashbourne Grove area has the highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 66th 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 Ashbourne Grove (SE22 8RL) in the last 12 months was 440.5 per 1,000 residents and was 439.3% higher than the Dulwich Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashbourne Grove (SE22 8RL), 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 (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bassano Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarbert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tarbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Jarvis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Zenoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A2214 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sage Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Playfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbourne Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | North Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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