Total Crime Rate

153.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 153.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holmewood Gardens area has the 36th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 241st 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 Holmewood Gardens (SW2 3SA) in the last 12 months was 153.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (β‰ˆ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmewood Gardens (SW2 3SA), the main crime hotspot is near Jebb Avenue. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holmewood Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Elm Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jebb Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Elm Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Tulse Hill β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endymion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endymion Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endymion Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maplestead Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jebb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maplestead Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morrish Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Morrish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doverfield Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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