Total Crime Rate

206.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 206.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 116.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Public order 23.3 10/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Palace Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brixton Rush Common , and the 161st highest 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 Palace Road (SW2 3ED) in the last 12 months was 206.0 per 1,000 residents and was 129.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 116.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palace Road (SW2 3ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Road, where police recorded 57 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.

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Crime Over Time in Palace Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Trees Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hillside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingsmead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbots Park —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbots Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbots Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leigham Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coburg Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order High Trees Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coburg Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hillside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gaywood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gaywood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hillside Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Gaywood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Trees Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Trees Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lanercost Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lanercost Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Palace Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Presentation Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hillside Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Tredwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tredwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tredwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tredwell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Trees Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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