Total Crime Rate

102.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ashby Mews area has the 58th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 397th lowest 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 Ashby Mews (SW2 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 102.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashby Mews (SW2 5EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Prague Place. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ashby Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Winslade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Holm Oak Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flutemakers Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flutemakers Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winslade Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glenelg Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kildoran Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strathleven Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Branksome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lambert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Magnolia Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Winterwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Haycroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Glanville Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Prague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thornbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornbury Road
Sep 2025Burglary Bowater Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowater Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holm Oak Mews
Sep 2025Other theft Glenelg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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