Total Crime Rate
167.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashurst Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Martin's , and the 211th 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 Ashurst Gardens (SW2 3UH) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% higher than the St Martin's average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashurst Gardens (SW2 3UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brockwell Park Gardens, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ethelworth Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Martin's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scoles Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbess Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Deronda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deronda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bannister Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tulse Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ethelworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skiffington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jemma Knowles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brockwell Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Atwater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
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