Total Crime Rate
127.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Tulse Hill area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 298th 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 Upper Tulse Hill (SW2 2NP) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Tulse Hill (SW2 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Papworth Way, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ethelworth Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Rush Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Huggins Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Romanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bannister Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tulse Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craignair Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ethelworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skiffington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Atwater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Estoria Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rickard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxonfield Close | Under investigation |
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