Total Crime Rate

440.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 440.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 173.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 48.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.6 9/10
  • Robbery 21.6 10/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • 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

Ashbourne 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.

Crime Over Time in Ashbourne Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bassano Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarbert Road
Sep 2025Other theft Tarbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Jarvis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jarvis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chesterfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Zenoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A2214 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sage Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Melbourne Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Playfield Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashbourne Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwell Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary North Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwater Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dudrich Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dudrich Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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