Total Crime Rate
64.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranfield Close area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 200th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranfield Close (SE27 9JT) in the last 12 months was 64.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranfield Close (SE27 9JT), 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Road | — |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Street | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chestnut Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Close | — |
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