Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liberty Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Myatt's Fields , and the 145th 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 Liberty Street (SW9 0EE) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 108.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liberty Street (SW9 0EE), the main crime hotspot is near Hampson Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranworth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Richborne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Island Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranworth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Printers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Printers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groveway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morat Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morat Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnston Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Road | Under investigation |
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