Total Crime Rate

163.8 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 163.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunbar Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 793 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 Dunbar Street (SE27 9JY) in the last 12 months was 163.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (β‰ˆ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 616.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunbar Street (SE27 9JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 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.

Crime Over Time in Dunbar Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knight'S Hill Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunelm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunelm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunelm Grove β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Manns Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunelm Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunelm Grove β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Culzean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunelm Grove β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs East Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manns Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A215 β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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