Crime Rate in Brixton Acre Lane, ward

Brixton Acre Lane has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 484th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 111th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brixton Acre Lane in the last 12 months was 163.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% higher than the Lambeth district average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brixton Acre Lane’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 560 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 22.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 768 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brixton Acre Lane ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 233 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.