Total Crime Rate
170.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Park Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 206th highest crime rate of 793 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 New Park Road (SW2 4UP) in the last 12 months was 170.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Park Road (SW2 4UP), the main crime hotspot is near Staplefield Close. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redlands Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Felsberg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Morrish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morrish Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doverfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Staplefield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumbarton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brixton Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brixton Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodmill Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Staplefield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Staplefield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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