Total Crime Rate

102.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.1 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 102.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 7.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Brixton Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 362nd lowest crime rate of 768 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 6BT) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixton Road (SW9 6BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosling Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleyford Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brixton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/72)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gosling Way —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Listowel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Offley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cranmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Cranmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cranmer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chryssell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mowll Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prima Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Listowel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harleyford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mandela Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magee Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Prima Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gosling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mandela Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mandela Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mandela Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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