Total Crime Rate
127.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spenser Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 312th highest crime rate of 768 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 Spenser Road (SE24 0NS) in the last 12 months was 127.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spenser Road (SE24 0NS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B223 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leeson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bob Marley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B223 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eaton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eaton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dulwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dulwich Road | Under investigation |
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