Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 37.6 7/10
  • Drugs 23.5 10/10
  • Public order 23.5 10/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowley Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Myatt's Fields , and the 384th 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 Cowley Road (SW9 6HH) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% 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 Drugs with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (SW9 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southey Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/79)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Listowel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Perseverance Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Perseverance Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fountain Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fountain Place —
Apr 2026Other crime Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Gosling Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansion Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Burglary Fountain Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Crawshay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mandela Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Listowel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cranmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mandela Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Minerva Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Minerva Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Crawshay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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