Borough safety · Inner London · data through June 2026

How safe is Lambeth, London?

Lambeth, London covers 25 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 56/100 — below the Inner London median of 59, so more is reported around a typical neighbourhood here than across Inner London. West Dulwich scores highest at 77/100; Waterloo & South Bank lowest at 42/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 2 of 25 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 17 moderate, 6 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Lambeth, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 West Dulwich	77/100	Low risk	224
2 Gipsy Hill	75/100	Low risk	207
3 Knight's Hill	72/100	Moderate	245
4 Streatham Common & Vale	71/100	Moderate	281
5 Streatham Hill West & Thornton	70/100	Moderate	295
6 Clapham Park	69/100	Moderate	315
7 St Martin's	69/100	Moderate	313
8 Streatham St Leonard's	68/100	Moderate	316
9 Streatham Wells	65/100	Moderate	372
10 Streatham Hill East	64/100	Moderate	371
11 Clapham Common & Abbeville	62/100	Moderate	437
12 Brixton Rush Common	59/100	Moderate	501
13 Myatt's Fields	56/100	Moderate	530
14 Clapham Town	55/100	Moderate	581
15 Stockwell West & Larkhall	55/100	Moderate	588
16 Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction	53/100	Moderate	616
17 Clapham East	52/100	Moderate	637
18 Stockwell East	52/100	Moderate	637
19 Vauxhall	50/100	Moderate	675
20 Oval	49/100	Elevated	747
21 Brixton Acre Lane	48/100	Elevated	790
22 Brixton Windrush	46/100	Elevated	850
23 Kennington	46/100	Elevated	769
24 Brixton North	44/100	Elevated	900
25 Waterloo & South Bank	42/100	Elevated	972

How Lambeth compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	79/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham	70/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	61/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	59/100	18
Lambeth (this page)	56/100	25
Hackney	56/100	21
Southwark	55/100	23
Camden	55/100	20
Tower Hamlets	55/100	20
Westminster	51/100	18
Islington	48/100	17

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Lambeth, London?

West Dulwich has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Lambeth, London, at 77/100 (low risk), from 224 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Gipsy Hill (75/100) and Knight's Hill (72/100) follow.

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

Waterloo & South Bank has the lowest index in Lambeth, London, at 42/100, with 972 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 56/100, against 59 across Inner London. 2 rate low risk, 17 moderate, 6 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.