Total Crime Rate

170.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 170.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New 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.

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Crime Over Time in New Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redlands Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Redlands Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Felsberg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morrish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morrish Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redlands Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redlands Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doverfield Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Staplefield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dumbarton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Hill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Hill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodmill Lane
Sep 2025Theft from the person Staplefield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Staplefield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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