Total Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thornbury Road area has the 60th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 376th 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 Thornbury Road (SW2 4DL) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornbury Road (SW2 4DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tilson Gardens, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doverfield Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allingham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doverfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mullins Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mullins Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mullins Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lyham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thorncliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B221 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B221 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tilson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thornbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bowater Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doverfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumbarton Road | Under investigation |
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