Total Crime Rate
442.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wandsworth Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 65th 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 Wandsworth Road (SW8 2LH) in the last 12 months was 442.8 per 1,000 residents and was 240.6% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wandsworth Road (SW8 2LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 226 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ace Way (85 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Vauxhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trenchold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vauxhall Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vauxhall Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vauxhall Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vauxhall Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trenchold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenchold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Trenchold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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