Crime Rate in Brixton Acre Lane, ward

Brixton Acre Lane has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 423rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 96th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brixton Acre Lane in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% higher than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brixton Acre Lane’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 648 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 92.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 763 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brixton Acre Lane ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 255 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.