Total Crime Rate

132.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 132.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bowland Road area has the 50th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 290th 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 Bowland Road (SW4 7LE) in the last 12 months was 132.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowland Road (SW4 7LE), the main crime hotspot is near Edgeley Lane. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bowland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Tremadoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Carpenter'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Carpenter'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Carpenter'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tremadoc Road
Sep 2025Other theft Reed Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Reed Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rigge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bedford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haselrigge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Haselrigge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haselrigge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Magnolia Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.