Total Crime Rate
73.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horsford Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 237th 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 Horsford Road (SW2 5BN) in the last 12 months was 73.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horsford Road (SW2 5BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviour'S Road, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (45 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 | Strathleven Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belvedere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brixton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brixton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brixton Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brixton Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brixton Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brixton Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baytree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blenheim Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Saviour'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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