Total Crime Rate
144.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hetherington Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hetherington Road (SW4 7NU) in the last 12 months was 144.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hetherington Road (SW4 7NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 167 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clapham North (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cato Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aristotle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sandmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendoa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Aristotle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fenwick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tremadoc Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadmus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadmus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haselrigge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mews | Under investigation |
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