Total Crime Rate

129.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 129.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 24.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sandmere Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 308th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandmere Road (SW4 7PT) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandmere Road (SW4 7PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acre Lane, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hubert Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ducie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Simkins Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Simkins Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Simkins Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane —
Apr 2026Drugs Glenelg Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenelg Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willington Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Willington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prideaux Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ducie Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acre Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tintern Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Andalus Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Landor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Andalus Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raeburn Street —

Data Sources

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