Total Crime Rate

454.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 454.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 93.9 10/10
  • Other theft 72.7 10/10
  • Public order 45.5 10/10
  • Robbery 33.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.3 7/10
  • Burglary 18.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Crescent Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 66th 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 Crescent Grove (SW4 7AE) in the last 12 months was 454.6 per 1,000 residents and was 159.7% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 184.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 307.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Grove (SW4 7AE), the main crime hotspot is near Clapham Common South Side. Police recorded 422 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Crescent Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/129)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wilberforce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wilberforce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Venn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Venn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Timothy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Timothy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilberforce Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Venn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wilberforce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wilberforce Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilberforce Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Venn Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Venn Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromell'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bromell'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromell'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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