Crime Rates at Brief Street, London, SE5 9RD

Brief Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 274th highest 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 Brief Street (SE5 9RD) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brief Street (SE5 9RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Loughborough Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bramah Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.