Total Crime Rate
96.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ferndale Road area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 373rd 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 Ferndale Road (SW9 8AH) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% lower than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8AH), the main crime hotspot is near Hargwyne Street. Police recorded 247 crimes here, including 203 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pulross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pulross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Andalus Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pulross Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hubert Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pulross Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brighton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brighton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brighton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateley Road | — |
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