Waterloo & South Bank
WardNorth Lambeth. About 9,920 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Waterloo & South Bank live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Waterloo & South Bank compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Waterloo & South Bank safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waterloo & South Bank at a rate of 662.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 155.3 per 1,000 people across Lambeth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 552 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waterloo & South Bank.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (1,721), theft from the person (1,307) and anti-social behaviour (1,162).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Lambeth
These figures are published for the whole of Lambeth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lambeth and not Waterloo & South Bank alone. See Lambeth
Waterloo & South Bank in brief
Waterloo & South Bank had 8,856 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Waterloo & South Bank live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Waterloo & South Bank, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Waterloo & South Bank, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.