Total Crime Rate
258.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Effra Parade area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 121st highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Effra Parade (SW2 1PS) in the last 12 months was 258.3 per 1,000 residents and was 187.5% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 92.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Effra Parade (SW2 1PS), the main crime hotspot is near Arlingford Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Effra Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B223 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalberg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jelf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barnwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B223 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B223 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arlingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B223 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marcus Garvey Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marcus Garvey Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marcus Garvey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marcus Garvey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bob Marley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marcus Garvey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marcus Garvey Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marcus Garvey Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leeson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arlingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arlingford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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