Crime Rates at Brixton Road, London, SW9 6BU

Brixton Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 294th 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 6BU) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixton Road (SW9 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oval, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.