Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knatchbull Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 768 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 Knatchbull Road (SE5 9QU) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% lower than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knatchbull Road (SE5 9QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Patmos Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lothian Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Myatt's Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spicer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cormont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cormont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flodden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halsmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paulet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flodden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spicer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knatchbull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redan Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tindal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Patmos Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Patmos Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flodden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flodden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Akerman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Akerman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Templar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Paulet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claribel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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