Total Crime Rate

125.5 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 125.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.9 10/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Norwood Park Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Gipsy Hill , and the 305th 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 Norwood Park Road (SE27 9UB) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwood Park Road (SE27 9UB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Norwood Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Gipsy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B232 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Louis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Louis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Benton'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Gipsy Road Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipsy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benton'S Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B232 Under investigation

Data Sources

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