Total Crime Rate

189.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 189.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 81.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Drugs 46.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gresham Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 183rd 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 Gresham Road (SW9 7PL) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresham Road (SW9 7PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 744 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (271 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gresham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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