Total Crime Rate
252.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rumsey Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 126th 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 Rumsey Road (SW9 0TR) in the last 12 months was 252.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% higher than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rumsey Road (SW9 0TR), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 271 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brixton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aytoun Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Park Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Park Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Park Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aytoun Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aytoun Place | Under investigation |
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