Crime Rates at Cowley Road, London, SW9 6BY

Cowley Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Myatt's Fields , and the 310th lowest 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 Cowley Road (SW9 6BY) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (SW9 6BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bramah Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.