Total Crime Rate

85.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Elmcourt Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 301st lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elmcourt Road (SE27 9BX) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Gipsy Hill average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmcourt Road (SE27 9BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Perran Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Elmcourt Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrith Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Perran Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Perran Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Penrith Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Culzean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Manns Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manns Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manns Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penrith Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrith Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harpenden Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thurlow Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurlow Hill —
Sep 2025Burglary St Faith'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pagoda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Station Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lupin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tulse Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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