Crime Rates at St Matthews Road, London, SW2 1NJ

St Matthews Road area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 396th lowest 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 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.4% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Matthews Road (SW2 1NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.