Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Park area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 291st lowest 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 Elm Park (SW2 2DF) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Park (SW2 2DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Medora Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Papworth Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tulse Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maplestead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Romanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craignair Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bannister Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maplestead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Haller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Haller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maplestead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medora Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elm Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Atwater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Huggins Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Tulse Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxonfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Estoria Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Medora Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medora Road | Under investigation |
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