Crime Rates at Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1SA

Brixton Hill area has the 16th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 107th 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 Brixton Hill (SW2 1SA) in the last 12 months was 275.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixton Hill (SW2 1SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviour'S Road, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jebb Avenue (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.