Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spencer Mews area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stockwell East , and the 290th lowest crime rate of 793 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 Spencer Mews (SW8 1HF) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% higher than the Stockwell East average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Mews (SW8 1HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 386 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockwell (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durand Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stockwell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swan Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Swan Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnley Road | — |
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