Total Crime Rate

57.7 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Typical

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 57.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Kingswood Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingswood Road (SW2 4JN) in the last 12 months was 57.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (β‰ˆ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingswood Road (SW2 4JN), 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.

Crime Over Time in Kingswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B221 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B221 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allingham Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Bowater Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Forster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forster Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forster Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lyham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tilson Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sulina Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mullins Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowater Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornbury Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mullins Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dumbarton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doverfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doverfield Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Hill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Hill Place Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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