Police-recorded · Lambeth · Metropolitan Police Service

Criminal damage and arson in Lambeth

12 months to June 2026

5.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,799 criminal damage and arson offences in Lambeth in the 12 months to June 2026, down 20.0% (450) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.7 per 1,000 residents against 6.9 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Criminal damage and arson
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 314,298

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 244 offencesOctober 2011: 243 offencesNovember 2011: 236 offencesDecember 2011: 204 offencesJanuary 2012: 263 offencesFebruary 2012: 165 offencesMarch 2012: 219 offencesApril 2012: 174 offencesMay 2012: 186 offencesJune 2012: 205 offencesJuly 2012: 215 offencesAugust 2012: 234 offencesSeptember 2012: 196 offencesOctober 2012: 195 offencesNovember 2012: 210 offencesDecember 2012: 190 offencesJanuary 2013: 169 offencesFebruary 2013: 179 offencesMarch 2013: 206 offencesApril 2013: 225 offencesMay 2013: 221 offencesJune 2013: 220 offencesJuly 2013: 217 offencesAugust 2013: 190 offencesSeptember 2013: 199 offencesOctober 2013: 232 offencesNovember 2013: 173 offencesDecember 2013: 179 offencesJanuary 2014: 208 offencesFebruary 2014: 170 offencesMarch 2014: 162 offencesApril 2014: 180 offencesMay 2014: 187 offencesJune 2014: 233 offencesJuly 2014: 233 offencesAugust 2014: 207 offencesSeptember 2014: 241 offencesOctober 2014: 241 offencesNovember 2014: 212 offencesDecember 2014: 201 offencesJanuary 2015: 185 offencesFebruary 2015: 198 offencesMarch 2015: 222 offencesApril 2015: 212 offencesMay 2015: 239 offencesJune 2015: 243 offencesJuly 2015: 214 offencesAugust 2015: 221 offencesSeptember 2015: 200 offencesOctober 2015: 245 offencesNovember 2015: 255 offencesDecember 2015: 206 offencesJanuary 2016: 197 offencesFebruary 2016: 180 offencesMarch 2016: 246 offencesApril 2016: 209 offencesMay 2016: 246 offencesJune 2016: 240 offencesJuly 2016: 229 offencesAugust 2016: 233 offencesSeptember 2016: 228 offencesOctober 2016: 228 offencesNovember 2016: 211 offencesDecember 2016: 241 offencesJanuary 2017: 224 offencesFebruary 2017: 193 offencesMarch 2017: 203 offencesApril 2017: 225 offencesMay 2017: 212 offencesJune 2017: 221 offencesJuly 2017: 211 offencesAugust 2017: 252 offencesSeptember 2017: 217 offencesOctober 2017: 241 offencesNovember 2017: 207 offencesDecember 2017: 171 offencesJanuary 2018: 205 offencesFebruary 2018: 172 offencesMarch 2018: 196 offencesApril 2018: 197 offencesMay 2018: 234 offencesJune 2018: 214 offencesJuly 2018: 244 offencesAugust 2018: 195 offencesSeptember 2018: 173 offencesOctober 2018: 181 offencesNovember 2018: 162 offencesDecember 2018: 178 offencesJanuary 2019: 173 offencesFebruary 2019: 159 offencesMarch 2019: 194 offencesApril 2019: 170 offencesMay 2019: 178 offencesJune 2019: 167 offencesJuly 2019: 154 offencesAugust 2019: 146 offencesSeptember 2019: 166 offencesOctober 2019: 157 offencesNovember 2019: 129 offencesDecember 2019: 172 offencesJanuary 2020: 179 offencesFebruary 2020: 164 offencesMarch 2020: 176 offencesApril 2020: 126 offencesMay 2020: 154 offencesJune 2020: 201 offencesJuly 2020: 178 offencesAugust 2020: 180 offencesSeptember 2020: 165 offencesOctober 2020: 152 offencesNovember 2020: 153 offencesDecember 2020: 170 offencesJanuary 2021: 115 offencesFebruary 2021: 139 offencesMarch 2021: 182 offencesApril 2021: 150 offencesMay 2021: 162 offencesJune 2021: 195 offencesJuly 2021: 216 offencesAugust 2021: 196 offencesSeptember 2021: 187 offencesOctober 2021: 191 offencesNovember 2021: 159 offencesDecember 2021: 195 offencesJanuary 2022: 165 offencesFebruary 2022: 147 offencesMarch 2022: 186 offencesApril 2022: 173 offencesMay 2022: 149 offencesJune 2022: 192 offencesJuly 2022: 216 offencesAugust 2022: 202 offencesSeptember 2022: 174 offencesOctober 2022: 160 offencesNovember 2022: 170 offencesDecember 2022: 145 offencesJanuary 2023: 182 offencesFebruary 2023: 166 offencesMarch 2023: 167 offencesApril 2023: 205 offencesMay 2023: 184 offencesJune 2023: 196 offencesJuly 2023: 167 offencesAugust 2023: 181 offencesSeptember 2023: 200 offencesOctober 2023: 180 offencesNovember 2023: 202 offencesDecember 2023: 206 offencesJanuary 2024: 184 offencesFebruary 2024: 182 offencesMarch 2024: 206 offencesApril 2024: 194 offencesMay 2024: 181 offencesJune 2024: 184 offencesJuly 2024: 195 offencesAugust 2024: 217 offencesSeptember 2024: 209 offencesOctober 2024: 165 offencesNovember 2024: 174 offencesDecember 2024: 192 offencesJanuary 2025: 180 offencesFebruary 2025: 158 offencesMarch 2025: 166 offencesApril 2025: 178 offencesMay 2025: 199 offencesJune 2025: 216 offencesJuly 2025: 216 offencesAugust 2025: 176 offencesSeptember 2025: 208 offencesOctober 2025: 174 offencesNovember 2025: 163 offencesDecember 2025: 175 offencesJanuary 2026: 168 offencesFebruary 2026: 155 offencesMarch 2026: 171 offencesApril 2026: 173 offencesMay 2026: 8 offencesJune 2026: 12 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20110 (partial)
June 20122,1396.92012
June 20132,4607.82013
June 20142,3307.32014
June 20152,6348.22015
June 20162,6598.12016
June 20172,6488.12017
June 20182,5177.72018
June 20192,1746.62019
June 20201,9245.92020
June 20211,9416.12021
June 20222,1566.82022
June 20232,1676.82023
June 20242,2677.12024
June 20252,2497.22025
June 20261,7995.72025

What this measures

Damage to buildings and vehicles, and fires set deliberately.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Lambeth

Every local authority ranked by criminal damage and arson rate · All recorded crime in Lambeth