Total Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crewdson Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crewdson Road (SW9 0LH) in the last 12 months was 44.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.8% lower than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crewdson Road (SW9 0LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleyford Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chryssell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mandela Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harleyford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mandela Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Island Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mandela Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranworth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cranworth Gardens | 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 | Theft from the person | Claylands Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prima Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Offley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perseverance Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claylands Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perseverance Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Listowel Close | Under investigation |
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