Total Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darsley Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 59th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Darsley Drive (SW8 2BA) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% lower than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darsley Drive (SW8 2BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 226 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (25 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 | Public order | Priory Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Pond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorparch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorncroft Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wilcox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemans Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allen Edwards Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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