Total Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Union Grove area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Stockwell East , and the 355th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Union Grove (SW8 2RR) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% higher than the Stockwell East average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Grove (SW8 2RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 145 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Southville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thessaly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Courland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deeley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thessaly Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sibella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carey Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gauden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gauden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thessaly Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | — |
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