Total Crime Rate
2929.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Venn Street area has the highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 793 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 Venn Street (SW4 0BD) in the last 12 months was 2929.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1573.6% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 391 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 114 (β 473.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Venn Street (SW4 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapham Common South Side, where police recorded 422 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (103 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Venn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromell'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bromell'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bromell'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Venn Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Venn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Venn Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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