Total Crime Rate

141.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 141.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shakespeare Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 267th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Road (SE24 0QH) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (SE24 0QH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/73)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowden Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Tilia Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rathgar Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coldharbour Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldharbour Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tilia Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tilia Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tilia Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Moorland Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Tilia Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilia Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilia Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilia Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilia Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilia Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowden Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heritage Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poplar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walt Whitman Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Joyce Walk —
Sep 2025Drugs Poplar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Loughborough Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loughborough Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakbank Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tram Close Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 73

Data Sources

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