Crime Rates at South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RB

South Lambeth Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 330th 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 South Lambeth Road (SW8 1RB) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Lambeth Road (SW8 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 547 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trenchold Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.