Total Crime Rate
226.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Stockwell East , and the 143rd 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 Albion Avenue (SW8 2AE) in the last 12 months was 226.7 per 1,000 residents and was 236.0% higher than the Stockwell East average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 111.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Avenue (SW8 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Minshull Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albion Avenue (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockwell West & Larkhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gauden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Condell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gauden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minshull Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carey Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clyston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkhall Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shamrock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carey Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkhall Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minshull Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cubitt Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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