Oval ranks 11th amongst 25 Lambeth wards. There were 1601 crime incidents reported in Oval for 2023. With an estimated population of 12441, crime rate (crime per 1000 residents) is 128.69, an increase of 16.78 % compared to previous year.
Oval crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 362 (22.6)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 343 (21.4)%
- Other theft – 169 (10.6)%
- Shoplifting – 130 (8.1)%
- Burglary – 95 (5.9)%
- Robbery – 92 (5.7)%
- Theft from the person – 90 (5.6)%
- Public order – 84 (5.2)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 64 (4.0)%
- Vehicle crime – 61 (3.8)%
- Bicycle theft – 50 (3.1)%
- Drugs – 43 (2.7)%
- Possession of weapons – 10 (0.6)%
- Other crime – 8 (0.5)%
How does Oval compare to other Lambeth wards?
Out of the 25 Lambeth wards, Waterloo & South Bank, Brixton Windrush, Vauxhall (Lambeth) has highest crime rates (crime per 1000 residents) for 2023.
List of all 25 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Waterloo & South Bank (707.4)
- Brixton Windrush (386.3)
- Vauxhall (Lambeth) (273.7)
- Clapham Town (196.4)
- Brixton Acre Lane (162.5)
- Stockwell East (152.8)
- Clapham East (142.8)
- Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction (140.9)
- Brixton North (137.8)
- Streatham St Leonard’s (133.8)
- Oval (128.7)
- Stockwell West & Larkhall (118.7)
- St Martin’s (Lambeth) (103.5)
- Myatt’s Fields (100.9)
- Knight’s Hill (99.3)
- Brixton Rush Common (97.7)
- Gipsy Hill (95.6)
- Kennington (Lambeth) (94.0)
- Clapham Common & Abbeville (93.4)
- Streatham Hill West & Thornton (85.8)
- Streatham Common & Vale (83.4)
- West Dulwich (82.7)
- Streatham Wells (79.3)
- Streatham Hill East (77.7)
- Clapham Park (75.0)
Analyze trends and crime types for Lambeth wards
Lambeth map
Oval map showing crime hot spots
Postcode locations of all 2023 crime incidents is projected on the map to show the hot-spots. Higher Crime Count (number of crime incidents for same postcode) is indicated by marker size, with marker color corresponding to the color scale. Slider can be used to filter the markers based on Crime Count.