Total Crime Rate
243.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 121st 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 Chapel Road (SE27 0TY) in the last 12 months was 243.8 per 1,000 residents and was 147.9% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Road (SE27 0TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Curnick'S Lane, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tivoli Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Tree Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Curnick'S Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curnick'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holderness Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Holderness Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Holderness Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Knight'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knight'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dassett Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darlington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tivoli Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tivoli Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A215 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Tree Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Curnick'S Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millhouse Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Millhouse Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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