Total Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Park area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Park (SW2 2DE) in the last 12 months was 14.4 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Park (SW2 2DE), the main crime hotspot is near Medora Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brixton Rush Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Medora Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elm Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roupell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saxonfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxonfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Medora Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Medora Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Medora Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ostade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leander Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leander Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craignair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craignair Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Romanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romanfield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helix Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helix Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helix Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Tulse Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athlone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Tulse Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wimbart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Tulse Hill | — |
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