Total Crime Rate
161.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnley Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 235th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burnley Road (SW9 0SH) in the last 12 months was 161.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnley Road (SW9 0SH), the main crime hotspot is near Stockwell. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clapham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockwell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Combermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fenton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fenton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fenton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fenton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stockwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stockwell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Martin'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spencer Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spencer Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spencer Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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