Total Crime Rate
154.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Angell Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 251st 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 Angell Road (SW9 7HL) in the last 12 months was 154.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Angell Road (SW9 7HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millbrook Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St James'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belinda Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fyfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belinda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belinda 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ridgway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Angell Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crowhurst Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallams Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Styles Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Styles Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Evandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Loughborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Loughborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loughborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loughborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Angell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angell Road | Under investigation |
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