Total Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Robert Burns Mews area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Robert Burns Mews (SE24 0AT) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% lower than the Brixton Rush Common average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robert Burns Mews (SE24 0AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herne Hill (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rymer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Herne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shardcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mumford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B222 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Criterion Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Criterion Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Criterion Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Criterion Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Criterion Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B222 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herne Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herne Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Louise Bennett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Bennett Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Herne Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herne Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herne Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herne Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herne Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herne Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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