Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 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 101.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Other theft 15.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Barcombe Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 391st 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 Barcombe Avenue (SW2 3BD) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Knight's Hill average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barcombe Avenue (SW2 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wyatt Park Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Presentation Mews (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barcombe Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Presentation Mews β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lydhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lydhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Presentation Mews β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arborfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keymer Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Palace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Emsworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Emsworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hillside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Downton Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Amesbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emsworth Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Hillside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosedene Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hitherfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tredwell Close β€”
Sep 2025Public order Mountearl Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountearl Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Presentation Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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