Total Crime Rate

217.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 217.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 64.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 46.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Robbery 18.0 10/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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.
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Crime overview

Fentiman 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 1QA) 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 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fentiman Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/51)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Dorset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stanley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Percival Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Paragon Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ebbisham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stanley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebbisham Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dorset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary St Stephen'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kibworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Lane —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dorset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dorset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richborne Terrace —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rita Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vauxhall Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vauxhall Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorset Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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