Total Crime Rate
180.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunelm Grove area has the 12th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 192nd 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 Dunelm Grove (SE27 9JP) in the last 12 months was 180.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.9% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 520.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunelm Grove (SE27 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rothschild Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernest Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beadman Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A215 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A215 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chestnut Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Close | β |
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