Crime Rates at Shakespeare Road, London, SE24 0QQ

Shakespeare Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 270th 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 0QQ) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (SE24 0QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Featley Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.