West Dulwich
WardSouth east Lambeth. About 11,009 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Dulwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Dulwich compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Dulwich safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Dulwich at a rate of 90.7 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, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Dulwich.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (160), violence and sexual offences (159) and anti-social behaviour (137).
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 West Dulwich alone. See Lambeth
West Dulwich in brief
West Dulwich had 11,387 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Dulwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Dulwich, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Dulwich, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.