Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Strathleven Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 182nd 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 Strathleven Road (SW2 5JS) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Strathleven Road (SW2 5JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acre Lane, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prague Place (29 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Simkins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mandrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kepler Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kepler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kepler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Branksome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramilles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenelg Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenelg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kildoran Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strathleven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strathleven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strathleven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strathleven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathleven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raeburn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Margate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate Road | — |
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