Total Crime Rate
200.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Allen Edwards Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Oval , and the 159th highest crime rate of 793 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 Allen Edwards Drive (SW8 2BB) in the last 12 months was 200.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allen Edwards Drive (SW8 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crimsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mawbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mawbey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mawbey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mawbey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pascal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pascal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pascal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bramley Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Luscombe Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Luscombe Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemans Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wilcox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilcox Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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