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

St Matthews Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 185th 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 St Matthews Road (SW2 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 186.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Matthews Road (SW2 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 619 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (148 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.