Crime Rates at Brixton Road, London, SW9 6BS

Brixton Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 308th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brixton Road (SW9 6BS) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixton Road (SW9 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Grove (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.