Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Vaughan Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Road (SE5 9NZ) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Road (SE5 9NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenbury Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vaughan Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenbury Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bavent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redan Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redan Terrace —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hardess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Wanless Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanless Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bavent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bavent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denmark Road —
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wickwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lowth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lowth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Luxor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kemerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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