Total Crime Rate

162.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 162.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Burglary 26.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Churston Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 224th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Churston Close (SW2 3BX) in the last 12 months was 162.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churston Close (SW2 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Perran Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Churston Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scoles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neil Wates Crescent —
Sep 2025Other theft Jemma Knowles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jemma Knowles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinfauns Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinfauns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinfauns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neil Wates Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lanercost Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parade Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Trees Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parade Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jemma Knowles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lanercost Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ethelworth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Perran Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Perran Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Perran Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Deronda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Deronda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbess Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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