Total Crime Rate

126.3 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 126.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Helix Gardens area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 303rd highest crime rate of 793 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 Helix Gardens (SW2 2JL) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helix Gardens (SW2 2JL), 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 Brixton Hill (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Helix Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kett Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Saviour'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endymion Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endymion Road β€”
Sep 2025Drugs St Saviour'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Saviour'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Saviour'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Helix Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviour'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Saviour'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dewey Lane β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Trent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dewey Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cossar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cossar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton Water Lane β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Saviour'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Helix Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Beechdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brixton Water Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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