Crime and Safety in West Dulwich, Southwark
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in West Dulwich are violence and sexual offences, with 227 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 20. This is 6% lower than 2025's figure of 241 offences and a difference of 1.25 from 2025's crime rate of 22. West Dulwich's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 4 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 33% from 2025's figure of 6 crimes.
West Dulwich 2026 Crime Scorecard
34% lower, borough crime rate
London
16% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Southwark is 34% lower than London and 16% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Southwark Crime Rate Over Time
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West Dulwich Crime Map
Incidents mapped in West Dulwich represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to West Dulwich's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around West Dulwich up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of West Dulwich's 18 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
West Dulwich • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within West Dulwich has a crime risk score of 522. This is based on analysis of 18 nearby areas within West Dulwich, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in West Dulwich's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in West Dulwich, crime risk scores are typically around 522, while in Southwark they are average 637.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 660 (707 for Southwark), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 723 (Southwark 758).
Trends in Crime Risk
West Dulwich
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 27% in West Dulwich's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in West Dulwich's crime risk score is up by 3.1%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, West Dulwich's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 11%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
West Dulwich
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
West Dulwich • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.36 reports per 1,000 people in West Dulwich, which is 2.57 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 4 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 119 reports of Vehicle Crime in West Dulwich, resulting in a crime rate of 11 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.48.
The crime rate for Robbery is 1.90 times the national average at 2.07 reports per 1,000. This is from 23 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
West Dulwich
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.50 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 3.27 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 54% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
West Dulwich
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.29 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 186% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.18 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
West Dulwich • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 174 | 15.54 | 1.10 | 9,829 | 22.85 | 1.62 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 14 | 1.26 | 2.93 | 1,083 | 2.51 | 3.44 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 66 | 5.92 | 1.89 | 2,363 | 5.50 | 1.76 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 34 | 3.06 | 0.49 | 1,868 | 4.34 | 0.69 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 37 | 3.33 | 1.16 | 1,910 | 4.44 | 1.44 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 9 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 410 | 0.96 | 0.52 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 83 | 7.44 | 1.31 | 5,032 | 11.69 | 2.05 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 4 | 0.36 | 2.57 | 313 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 27 | 2.43 | 0.55 | 2,132 | 4.97 | 0.86 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 23 | 2.07 | 1.90 | 1,929 | 4.50 | 3.81 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 15 | 1.35 | 0.33 | 2,655 | 6.17 | 0.87 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 19 | 1.71 | 1.44 | 7,000 | 16.27 | 10 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 119 | 10.65 | 2.48 | 2,375 | 5.52 | 1.28 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 227 | 20.30 | 0.67 | 10,185 | 23.68 | 0.78 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 677 | 60.69 | 0.93 | 39,255 | 91.28 | 1.27 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 748 | 67.13 | 0.98 | 39,196 | 92.58 | 1.25 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 703 | 63.00 | 0.88 | 37,556 | 89.47 | 1.19 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 709 | 63.47 | 0.85 | 33,943 | 81.34 | 1.03 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 712 | 62.38 | 0.86 | 31,440 | 75.64 | 0.98 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 702 | 59.85 | 0.93 | 30,126 | 71.59 | 1.04 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 766 | 64.77 | 0.96 | 34,529 | 81.32 | 1.10 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 799 | 68.19 | 0.96 | 36,454 | 85.93 | 1.13 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 872 | 74.86 | 1.13 | 33,431 | 79.24 | 1.11 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 954 | 82.26 | 1.38 | 32,158 | 76.64 | 1.20 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 348 | 30.06 | 1.69 | 9,961 | 23.75 | 1.25 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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