Total Crime Rate

356.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 356.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 150.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 40.6 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.6 9/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cato Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 793 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 Cato Road (SW4 7TT) in the last 12 months was 356.3 per 1,000 residents and was 103.5% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cato Road (SW4 7TT), the main crime hotspot is near Edgeley Lane. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cato Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/142)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Haselrigge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Timber Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgeley Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Voltaire Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Voltaire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clement Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clement Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clement Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clement Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowland Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rigge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowland Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Reed Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Reed Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 142

Data Sources

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