Crime Statistics for Stockwell, London, Lambeth, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Stockwell in September 2024. There were a total of 1511 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	332
Violent Crime	325
Theft From The Person	135
Other Theft	126
Vehicle Crime	100
Drugs	84
Public Order	84
Criminal Damage Arson	77
Shoplifting	70
Burglary	66
Robbery	61
Bicycle Theft	30
Other Crime	13
Possession Of Weapons	8
All Crime	1511

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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
Clapham (0.62 miles)	1681
Stockwell	1511
Brixton (0.62 miles)	1441
Kennington (1.24 miles)	1389
Streatham Hill (1.24 miles)	1359
South Lambeth (0.62 miles)	1239
Battersea (1.39 miles)	1000
Tulse Hill (1.39 miles)	722
Herne Hill (1.39 miles)	647
Clapham Park (0.88 miles)	608

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	471
Clapham	348
Stockwell	325
Streatham Hill	311
Brixton	297
Kennington	283
Battersea	270
Clapham Park	260
Tulse Hill	168
Herne Hill	145

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 this marker.