Total Crime Rate

324.3 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 324.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.1 9/10
  • Other theft 24.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.0 10/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 18.0 9/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norwood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Martin's , and the 90th 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 Norwood Road (SE24 9AE) in the last 12 months was 324.3 per 1,000 residents and was 226.9% higher than the St Martin's average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwood Road (SE24 9AE), the main crime hotspot is near Guernsey Grove. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Norwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lairdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stradella Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hawarden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Croxted Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Croxted Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Croxted Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croxted Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stradella Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lairdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Stradella Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Guernsey Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Guernsey Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Guernsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Guernsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Guernsey Grove —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stradella Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stradella Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Croxted Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lairdale Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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