Crime Rates at Porden Road, London, SW2 5RT

Porden Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 55th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Porden Road (SW2 5RT) in the last 12 months was 496.8 per 1,000 residents and was 203.2% higher 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -34.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 192.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porden Road (SW2 5RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 619 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (148 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.