Total Crime Rate
147.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jelf Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 251st 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 Jelf Road (SW2 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 147.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jelf Road (SW2 1BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vining Street, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rushcroft Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Rush Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arlingford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vining Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saltoun Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Saltoun Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Saltoun Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlingford Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Arlingford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Saltoun Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bankton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltoun Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltoun Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Somerleyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerleyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalberg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
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