Crime Rates at Bondway, London, SW8 1SJ

Bondway area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 9th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bondway (SW8 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 1698.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1206.5% 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 246 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 575.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 233 (≈ 520.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bondway (SW8 1SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 239 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauxhall (79 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.