Total Crime Rate

27.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cambria Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambria Road (SE5 9AS) in the last 12 months was 27.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% lower than the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction average (129.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 188.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambria Road (SE5 9AS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cambria Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ferndene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanless Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wanless Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alderton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hardess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kemerton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tram Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kemerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northlands Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Herne Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ferndene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haredale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Haredale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herne Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herne Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Herne Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Herne Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakbank Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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