Total Crime Rate

124.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.1 3/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaucer Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 313th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Road (SE24 0NX) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (SE24 0NX), 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.

Crime Over Time in Chaucer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marcus Garvey Way β€”
Sep 2025Public order Leeson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerleyton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bob Marley Way β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bob Marley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bob Marley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broughton Drive β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railton Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dulwich Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Louise Bennett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leeson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerleyton Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Leeson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Leeson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leeson Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Road β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Mumford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Criterion Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Somerleyton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerleyton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Effra Parade β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Marcus Garvey Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Spenser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spenser Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spenser Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marcus Garvey Way β€”

Data Sources

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