Total Crime Rate

109.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Finch Avenue area has the 36th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 373rd 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 Finch Avenue (SE27 9TX) in the last 12 months was 109.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finch Avenue (SE27 9TX), the main crime hotspot is near Gipsy Road Gardens. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Finch Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannoy Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Louis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benton'S Rise —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannoy Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Gipsy Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beeton Way —
Sep 2025Burglary St Cloud Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Louis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Benton'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Gothard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gipsy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tannoy Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipsy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tannoy Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beeton Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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