Crime Rates at Palace Road, London, SW2 3LE

Palace Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 290th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Palace Road (SW2 3LE) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Knight's Hill average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palace Road (SW2 3LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Rise (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.