Total Crime Rate

230.9 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 230.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.8 9/10
  • Other theft 31.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 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

Sydenham Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 134th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sydenham Place (SE27 0AP) in the last 12 months was 230.9 per 1,000 residents and was 142.9% higher than the Knight's Hill average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 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 Shoplifting ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sydenham Place (SE27 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sydenham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Culzean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ullswater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nettlefold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nettlefold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prioress Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prioress Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prioress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Norwood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Norwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Norwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Norwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prioress Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mount Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mount Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ullswater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bloom Grove —

Data Sources

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