Total Crime Rate

496.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

192.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 496.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 192.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.2 10/10
  • Drugs 64.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.8 10/10
  • Other theft 47.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 45.4 10/10
  • Public order 28.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Robbery 19.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 17.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

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 5SA) 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 5SA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Porden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bernay'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bernay'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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