Total Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dray Gardens area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 346th lowest crime rate of 768 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 Dray Gardens (SW2 1SL) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dray Gardens (SW2 1SL), 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 Theatre/Concert Hall (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Rush Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kett Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helix Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Matthew'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helix Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helix Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Helix Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trelawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leander Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helix Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helix Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Josephine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arodene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arodene Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arodene Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Buckner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leander Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Josephine Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morval Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morval Road | Under investigation |
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