Total Crime Rate
239.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bondway area has the 12th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Oval , and the 124th highest crime rate of 793 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 239.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% higher than the Oval average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 282.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bondway (SW8 1SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parry Street, where police recorded 291 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauxhall (73 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Vauxhall Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trenchold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trenchold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wheatsheaf Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauxhall Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vauxhall Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Heyford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vauxhall Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Bus Station | Under investigation |
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