Oval vs Pollards Hill

Oval has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 16,457 crimes in the last 12 months. Pollards Hill has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 3,411 crimes. Oval scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Oval shows a year-on-year crime trend of +2.9% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Pollards Hill shows +6.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Oval, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (3,779 incidents). In Pollards Hill, it is Violent Crime (1,131 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Oval recorded 3,779 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Pollards Hill recorded 829. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Oval totalled 3,697 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,131 in Pollards Hill. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Oval recorded 15,998 crimes (now 16,457, a change of +2.9%). Pollards Hill recorded 3,196 crimes previously (now 3,411, +6.7%).

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. Oval has a resolution rate of 32.9% and Pollards Hill has 30.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Oval falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Pollards Hill 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 Oval and Pollards Hill. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.