Total Crime Rate

186.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 29.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Robbery 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Effra Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 174th 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 Effra Road (SW2 1BU) in the last 12 months was 186.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Effra Road (SW2 1BU), the main crime hotspot is near Brixton. Police recorded 634 crimes here, including 183 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane

Crime Over Time in Effra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2217
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dray Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Matthew'S Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kett Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kett Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2217
Sep 2025Public order A2217 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A2217 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A2217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2217 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bankton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vining Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vining Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vining Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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