Total Crime Rate
129.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandmere 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.
View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hubert Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ducie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenelg Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenelg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prideaux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ducie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tintern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andalus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andalus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raeburn Street | — |
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