Total Crime Rate
209.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caldecot Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 154th highest crime rate of 768 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 Caldecot Road (SE5 9RP) in the last 12 months was 209.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caldecot Road (SE5 9RP), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coldharbour Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bessemer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orpheus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coldharbour Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bessemer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bessemer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.