Total Crime Rate
104.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Denmark Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 368th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Denmark Road (SE5 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 104.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Denmark Road (SE5 9EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lowth Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geoffrey Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knatchbull Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cutcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bavent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bavent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Station Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Geoffrey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Geoffrey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Geoffrey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Geoffrey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coldharbour Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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