Crime Rates at Southwell Road, London, SE5 9PE

Southwell Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 370th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

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 Southwell Road (SE5 9PE) in the last 12 months was 95.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwell Road (SE5 9PE), 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.