Total Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ewen Crescent area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 380th lowest crime rate of 768 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 Ewen Crescent (SW2 2NU) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% higher than the Brixton Rush Common average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ewen Crescent (SW2 2NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ethelworth Court, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Trees (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Martin's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roupell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Papworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coburg Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coburg Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bannister Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Haller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Papworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craignair Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Papworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Trees | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craignair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulse Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saxonfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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