Oval
Middle areaNorth Lambeth. 8,267 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Oval live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Oval
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oval at a rate of 130.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 155.3 per 1,000 people across Lambeth.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 302 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 246 |
| Other crime | 206 |
| Theft from the person | 133 |
| Drug offences | 44 |
| Robbery | 41 |
| Burglary | 36 |
| Vehicle crime | 35 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 |
| Shoplifting | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Oval compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Oval safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oval at a rate of 130.2 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, 111 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oval.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (302), anti-social behaviour (246) and other crime (206).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Lambeth and not Oval alone. See Lambeth
Oval in brief
The median price paid for a home in Oval was £542,256 in 2025.
Oval had 8,406 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Oval live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Oval, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.