Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandmere Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandmere Road (SW4 7QL) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandmere Road (SW4 7QL), 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 | Vehicle crime | Tremadoc Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigge Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rigge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haselrigge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigge Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aristotle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hetherington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Aristotle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fenwick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lendal Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Landor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendoa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tremadoc Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tremadoc Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Landor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Landor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Landor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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