Total Crime Rate

144.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 144.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 102.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 15.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Hetherington 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 7PA) 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 7PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Simkins Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbourne Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hetherington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Cato Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Aristotle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Sandmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandmere Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cottage Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cottage Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Welmar Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hetherington Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Haselrigge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tremadoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Aristotle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fenwick Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Margate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magnolia Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Felmersham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kendoa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kendoa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kendoa Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Mayfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rigge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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