Lavender Fields vs Shirley South

Lavender Fields has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 6,823 crimes in the last 12 months. Shirley South has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 1,295 crimes. Lavender Fields scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Lavender Fields shows a year-on-year crime trend of -3.4% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Shirley South shows +6.5% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Lavender Fields, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,971 incidents). In Shirley South, it is Violent Crime (365 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Lavender Fields recorded 1,375 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Shirley South recorded 198. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Lavender Fields totalled 1,971 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 365 in Shirley South. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Lavender Fields recorded 7,062 crimes (now 6,823, a change of -3.4%). Shirley South recorded 1,216 crimes previously (now 1,295, +6.5%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Lavender Fields has a resolution rate of 30.8% and Shirley South has 35.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Lavender Fields falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Shirley South is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Lavender Fields and Shirley South. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.