Total Crime Rate
180.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Skiffington Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Martin's , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 768 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 Skiffington Close (SW2 3UL) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% higher than the St Martin's average (101.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skiffington Close (SW2 3UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ethelworth Court, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Trees (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Martin's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Neil Wates Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Papworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bello Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockwell Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockwell Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brockwell Park Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardel Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Papworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scoles Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockwell Park Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jemma Knowles Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bannister Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jemma Knowles Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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