Total Crime Rate

547.3 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 547.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 189.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.5 10/10
  • Other theft 63.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.7 10/10
  • Burglary 25.6 10/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Robbery 23.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 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

Wanless Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 50th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

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 Wanless Road (SE24 0HW) in the last 12 months was 547.3 per 1,000 residents and was 322.5% higher 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 Shoplifting with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 138.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wanless Road (SE24 0HW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Wanless Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Heritage Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kemerton Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kemerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kemerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walt Whitman Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Luxor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northlands Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pomfret Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Belinda Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Belinda Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alderton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wanless Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanless Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Styles Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Styles Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Styles Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hardess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heritage Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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