Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brixton Hill area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 219th highest crime rate of 793 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 Brixton Hill (SW2 1QZ) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brixton Hill (SW2 1QZ), 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 Nightclub (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Marlborough Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halliwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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