Total Crime Rate

93.8 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Northlands Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 357th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northlands Street (SE5 9PL) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northlands Street (SE5 9PL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 206 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northlands Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanless Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wanless Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowth Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lowth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Caldecot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldecot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenbury Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Kenbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kenbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kenbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kemerton Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Geoffrey Close β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Vaughan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denmark Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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