Total Crime Rate

96.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.9 8/10
  • Other theft 30.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 15.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.2 3/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Rita Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rita Road (SW8 1JU) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% lower than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rita Road (SW8 1JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Miles Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Oval

Crime Over Time in Rita Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/144)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Langley Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heyford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heyford Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Meadow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonnington Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bonnington Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonnington Square —
Apr 2026Other theft Bolney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bolney Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 144

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.

↑