Total Crime Rate
132.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holmewood Gardens area has the 50th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 298th highest crime rate of 768 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 Holmewood Gardens (SW2 3NB) in the last 12 months was 132.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (163.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holmewood Gardens (SW2 3NB), the main crime hotspot is near Rodmill Lane. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brixton Rush Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rodmill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vibart Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roupell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Tulse Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmewood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holmewood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Tulse Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daysbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daysbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Tulse Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vibart Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deepdene Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdene Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arborfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wimbart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Somers Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairview Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairview Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Somers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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