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

St Matthews 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 St Matthews Road (SW2 1ND) 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 St Matthews Road (SW2 1ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 495 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (180 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Matthews Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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