Crime Statistics for Stockwell, London, Lambeth, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Stockwell in October 2024. There were a total of 1705 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	485
Violent Crime	295
Theft From The Person	145
Other Theft	144
Shoplifting	105
Drugs	88
Burglary	87
Robbery	87
Vehicle Crime	81
Public Order	81
Criminal Damage Arson	68
Bicycle Theft	24
Other Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	7
All Crime	1705

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Stockwell. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Stockwell

We've taken the ten nearest places to Stockwell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Stockwell has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
South Lambeth (0.62 miles)	1938
Kennington (1.24 miles)	1729
Stockwell	1705
Brixton (0.62 miles)	1620
Clapham (0.62 miles)	1579
Battersea (1.39 miles)	1134
Clapham Park (0.88 miles)	847
Streatham Hill (1.24 miles)	729
Tulse Hill (1.39 miles)	695
Herne Hill (1.39 miles)	653

Where are the most violent places near Stockwell?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Stockwell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
South Lambeth	350
Clapham	337
Kennington	330
Brixton	306
Stockwell	295
Tulse Hill	215
Battersea	206
Streatham Hill	164
Clapham Park	145
Herne Hill	134

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stockwell?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Stockwell to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Stockwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stockwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Stockwell have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Balham.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ferndale	84
2	Larkhall	80
3	Coldharbour	80
4	Clapham Town	78
5	Brixton Hill	75
6	St Leonard's	74
7	Tulse Hill	71
8	Clapham Common	66
9	Stockwell	64
10	Thornton	58
11	Balham	58

Which road in Stockwell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stockwell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ferndale Road.