Total Crime Rate

209.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 209.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Burglary 23.7 10/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.5 6/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Road 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 West Road (SW4 9NU) 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 West Road (SW4 9NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Close, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbourne Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Teignmouth Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dryden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowland Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Briarwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Briarwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briarwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Welmar Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maple Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dryden Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigge Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rigge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mayfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Felmersham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Holm Oak Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Holm Oak Mews Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magnolia Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dryden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbeville Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Abbeville Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Clapham Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Crescent Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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