Total Crime Rate

128.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 24.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grove Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Champion Hill , and the 374th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Lane (SE5 8SL) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% higher than the Champion Hill average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Lane (SE5 8SL), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Denmark Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Beaulieu Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Ribbon Dance Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ribbon Dance Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ribbon Dance Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Grove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Grace'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Grace'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wilson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lettsom Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaulieu Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Canning Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Stories Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dagmar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stories Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stories Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maude Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grace'S Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grace'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaulieu Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Windsor Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences De Crespigny Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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Data Sources

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