Total Crime Rate
340.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knights Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 85th 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 Knights Hill (SE27 0JD) in the last 12 months was 340.5 per 1,000 residents and was 246.2% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (β 136.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knights Hill (SE27 0JD), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hainthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hainthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Norwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Norwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Norwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A215 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Knight'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prioress Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Culzean Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waring Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waring Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millhouse Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Millhouse Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Knight'S Hill Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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