Total Crime Rate

12.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Ballater Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 793 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 Ballater Road (SW2 5QS) in the last 12 months was 12.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% 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 Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

In the area around Ballater Road (SW2 5QS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 141 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Ballater Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucknell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Glenelg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Branksome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hubert Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strathleven Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane
Sep 2025Burglary Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glenelg Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Solon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medwin Street
Sep 2025Other theft Plato Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Simkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Simkins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Allardyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Allardyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Allardyce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Corrance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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