Total Crime Rate
235.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Allen Edwards Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 135th 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 Allen Edwards Drive (SW8 2BB) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% higher than the Oval average (130.0 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allen Edwards Drive (SW8 2BB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Viceroy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilcox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Viceroy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemans Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Allen Edwards Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viceroy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wilcox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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