Total Crime Rate

146.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 146.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Crescent Lane area has the 40th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crescent Lane (SW4 9QH) in the last 12 months was 146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -34.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Lane (SW4 9QH), the main crime hotspot is near Clapham Common South Side. Police recorded 454 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Crescent Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapham Common Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Venn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapham Common South Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapham Common South Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapham Common South Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapham Common South Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapham Common South Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapham Common South Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Crescent Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Venn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Venn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Venn Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Venn Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clapham Common South Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Venn Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tableer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromell'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bromell'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromell'S Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Allnutt Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allnutt Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Pavement Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Pavement Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Pavement Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Pavement Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clapham Common South Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clapham Common South Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Pavement 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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