Borough safety · Inner London · data through August 2026

How safe is Lambeth, London?

Lambeth, London covers 25 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 58/100 — close to the Inner London median of 60. West Dulwich scores highest at 80/100; Waterloo & South Bank lowest at 44/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 1 of 25 neighbourhoods here rates low risk, 20 moderate, 4 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Lambeth, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 West Dulwich	80/100	Low risk	207
2 Gipsy Hill	74/100	Moderate	227
3 Knight's Hill	74/100	Moderate	246
4 Streatham St Leonard's	72/100	Moderate	285
5 St Martin's	71/100	Moderate	304
6 Streatham Common & Vale	71/100	Moderate	295
7 Streatham Hill West & Thornton	69/100	Moderate	303
8 Clapham Park	68/100	Moderate	330
9 Streatham Wells	68/100	Moderate	334
10 Streatham Hill East	67/100	Moderate	350
11 Clapham Common & Abbeville	65/100	Moderate	423
12 Brixton Rush Common	58/100	Moderate	498
13 Stockwell West & Larkhall	58/100	Moderate	519
14 Clapham Town	56/100	Moderate	576
15 Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction	56/100	Moderate	599
16 Clapham East	55/100	Moderate	607
17 Myatt's Fields	54/100	Moderate	568
18 Oval	54/100	Moderate	612
19 Vauxhall	54/100	Moderate	579
20 Stockwell East	53/100	Moderate	638
21 Kennington	52/100	Moderate	632
22 Brixton Acre Lane	49/100	Elevated	794
23 Brixton Windrush	49/100	Elevated	796
24 Brixton North	45/100	Elevated	886
25 Waterloo & South Bank	44/100	Elevated	961

How Lambeth compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	80/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham	74/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	62/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	60/100	18
Hackney	59/100	21
Lambeth (this page)	58/100	25
Southwark	57/100	23
Camden	57/100	20
Tower Hamlets	54/100	20
Islington	50/100	17
Westminster	48/100	18

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Lambeth, London?

West Dulwich has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Lambeth, London, at 80/100 (low risk), from 207 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Gipsy Hill (74/100) and Knight's Hill (74/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Lambeth, London has the most reported crime?

Waterloo & South Bank has the lowest index in Lambeth, London, at 44/100, with 961 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Lambeth, London safe?

Across its 25 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 58/100, against 60 across Inner London. 1 rates low risk, 20 moderate, 4 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Lambeth, London is the median of its 25 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.