Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Criterion Mews area has the 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Criterion Mews (SE24 0DN) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 88.1% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 106.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Criterion Mews (SE24 0DN), the main crime hotspot is near B223. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifford Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifford Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Railton Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spenser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walt Whitman Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Milkwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Milkwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eaton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eaton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifford Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Loughborough Park | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bob Marley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bob Marley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shardcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Joyce Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Loughborough Park | Under investigation |
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