Total Crime Rate
209.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Green area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 155th 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 Church Green (SW9 6NL) in the last 12 months was 209.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% higher than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 87.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 136.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Green (SW9 6NL), the main crime hotspot is near Gosling Way. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Myatt's Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gosling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Akerman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Akerman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Serenaders Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claribel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbairn Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marcella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brief Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brief Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gosling Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cormont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cormont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Overton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crawshay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crawshay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bramah Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramah Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramah Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Evandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crowhurst Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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