Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosebery Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 276th 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 Rosebery Road (SW2 4DD) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosebery Road (SW2 4DD), the main crime hotspot is near Prague Place. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lyham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mandrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prague Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tilson Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Prague Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prague Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prague Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Forster Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mullins Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumbarton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dumbarton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dumbarton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramilles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Close | — |
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