Total Crime Rate
1554.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
957.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Finsen Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 10th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Finsen Road (SE5 9AW) in the last 12 months was 1554.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1097.6% higher than the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction average (129.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 349 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 406 (≈ 957.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finsen Road (SE5 9AW), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 283 crimes here, including 207 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanless Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bessemer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessemer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessemer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bessemer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bessemer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bessemer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bessemer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bessemer Road | — |
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