Total Crime Rate
135.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Groveway area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Myatt's Fields , and the 291st highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Groveway (SW9 0AR) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher than the Myatt's Fields average (106.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Groveway (SW9 0AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lett Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brixton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melbourne Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groveway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morat Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnston Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aytoun Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aytoun Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranworth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranworth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cranworth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranworth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hillyard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pembry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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