Postcode · London
Crime in SW9 8FD
How much crime is recorded in SW9 8FD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Poets' Corner & Brockwell Park
- Council
- Lambeth
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,485 (2024)
SW9 8FDLondon
How safe is SW9 8FD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SW9 8FD area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
69
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SW9 8FDNational
Anti-social behaviour25.110.7
Violence and sexual offences21.423.6
Burglary6.49.1
Other theft6.34.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Drugs1.62.4
Theft from the person1.62.1
Public order1.54.6
Other crime1.21.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.