Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 116.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 49.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 24.8 5/10
  • Other theft 19.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

South Lambeth Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 352nd 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 1TP) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Lambeth Road (SW8 1TP), 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 South Lambeth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/205)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Goding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Auckland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rita Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rita Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Auckland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old South Lambeth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Glyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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