Total Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hayter Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 768 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 Hayter Road (SW2 5AD) in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% 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 Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayter Road (SW2 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acre Lane, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weld Works Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Branksome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corrance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ducie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raeburn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Winslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ducie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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