Total Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holm Oak Mews area has the 26th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 768 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 Holm Oak Mews (SW4 8BS) in the last 12 months was 209.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holm Oak Mews (SW4 8BS), the main crime hotspot is near Prague Place. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham Common & Abbeville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leppoc Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prague Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prague Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Prague Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prague Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holm Oak Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holm Oak Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnolia Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Margate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briarwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leppoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kildoran Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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