Total Crime Rate

48.4 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· 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 48.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 11.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowden Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 152nd lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lowden Road (SE24 0BH) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower than the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction average (129.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (β‰ˆ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowden Road (SE24 0BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Louise Bennett Close, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Criterion Mews (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lowden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Poplar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poplar Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brantwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Louise Bennett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Louise Bennett Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derek Walcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Loughborough Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Louise Bennett Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Joyce Walk β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Woodquest Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakbank Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakbank Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walt Whitman Close β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Milkwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shardcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowden Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowden Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Criterion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Milkwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poplar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fawnbrake Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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