Total Crime Rate
116.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lanercost Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 349th highest 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 Lanercost Road (SW2 3DR) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lanercost Road (SW2 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Trees (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinfauns Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinfauns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinfauns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leigham Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigham Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Palace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jemma Knowles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jemma Knowles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jemma Knowles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Neil Wates Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neil Wates Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lanercost Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neil Wates Crescent | — |
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