Total Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bentons Rise area has the 35th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 372nd lowest 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 Bentons Rise (SE27 9TY) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher than the Gipsy Hill average (95.7 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bentons Rise (SE27 9TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tannoy Square, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Gothard Road (10 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 | Eylewood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Champness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tannoy Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tannoy Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Salter'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbs Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibbs Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibbs Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salter'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Bernards Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gipsy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Denis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Denis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Benton'S Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Aubyn Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bernards Close | — |
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