Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

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 166.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Public order 19.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 19.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Robbery 15.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Horsford Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 219th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horsford Road (SW2 5BP) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horsford Road (SW2 5BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviour'S Road, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Horsford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dray Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Winslade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winslade Road β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Beverstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horsford Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halliwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dray Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baytree Road β€”
Sep 2025Drugs St Saviour'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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