Crime Rates at Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5RD

Lavender Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Lavender , and the 78th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

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 Lavender Hill (SW11 5RD) in the last 12 months was 258.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% higher than the Lavender average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 112.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lavender Hill (SW11 5RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elsley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.