Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

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 1SJ) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 1SJ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Brixton Water Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Beechdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Helix Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton Water Lane β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brixton Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Torrens Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Torrens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beechdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brixton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brixton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton Hill β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crownstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dray Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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