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

Bondway 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 Bondway (SW8 1SQ) 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 Bondway (SW8 1SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Vauxhall. Police recorded 236 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bondway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/161)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bridgefoot —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Bus Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old South Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Old South Lambeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old South Lambeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vauxhall Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Vauxhall Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Vauxhall Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Vauxhall Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Vauxhall Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vauxhall Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vauxhall Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vauxhall Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vauxhall Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vauxhall Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old South Lambeth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Miles Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bondway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Bondway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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