Total Crime Rate

210.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 210.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 131.6 10/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 13.2 3/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Saltoun Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 151st highest crime rate of 768 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 Saltoun Road (SW2 1EP) in the last 12 months was 210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saltoun Road (SW2 1EP), the main crime hotspot is near Brixton. Police recorded 744 crimes here, including 168 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Saltoun Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/244)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Electric Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Electric Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Electric Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Electric Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Electric Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Electric Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Electric Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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