Total Crime Rate
138.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Mews area has the 46th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 277th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Mews (SW4 8BA) in the last 12 months was 138.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Mews (SW4 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Simkins Close, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbourne Road (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haselrigge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haselrigge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haselrigge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flutemakers Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Flutemakers Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haselrigge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holm Oak Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holm Oak Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmere Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mayfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rigge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hetherington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hetherington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Common Mile Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigge Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashmere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Simkins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haselrigge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Prague Place | Under investigation |
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