Crime Rates at Lawn Lane, London, SW8 1UD

Lawn Lane 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 Lawn Lane (SW8 1UD) 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 Lawn Lane (SW8 1UD), 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.