Total Crime Rate
119.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elder Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 342nd highest crime rate of 768 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 Elder Road (SE27 9BB) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elder Road (SE27 9BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tivoli Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B232 (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knight's Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eylewood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Unity Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Dale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Dale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crown Dale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wicks Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wicks Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wicks Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tivoli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tivoli Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tivoli Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tivoli Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wicks Way | Under investigation |
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