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Crime in SW9 0

How much crime is recorded in SW9 0, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Lambeth
Region
London
Population
20,405 (2024)
Crime

How safe is SW9 0

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in SW9 0, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
33.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
94
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

SW9 0National
Anti-social behaviour26.010.7
Violence and sexual offences21.923.6
Burglary9.69.1
Theft from the person8.62.1
Other theft7.64.5
Drugs4.62.4
Robbery4.31.4
Public order4.34.6
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Shoplifting3.28.4
Bicycle theft3.01.0
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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