Crime Rates at Brixton Water Lane, London, SW2 1NZ

Brixton Water Lane area has the 58th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 352nd 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 Brixton Water Lane (SW2 1NZ) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 161.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixton Water Lane (SW2 1NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviour'S Road, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brixton Hill (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.