Total Crime Rate
217.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fentiman Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 148th highest crime rate of 768 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 Fentiman Road (SW8 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 217.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% higher than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 152.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fentiman Road (SW8 1JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Miles Street, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bonnington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old South Lambeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heyford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kibworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old South Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old South Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old South Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ebbisham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rita Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paragon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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