Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashbourne Grove area has the 31st highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dulwich Hill , and the 278th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashbourne Grove (SE22 8RN) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashbourne Grove (SE22 8RN), 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 (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Frogley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A2214 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dudrich Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bassano Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbourne Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | North Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chesterfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Jarvis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Archdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shawbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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