Total Crime Rate
149.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ferndale Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 246th highest 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 8AS) in the last 12 months was 149.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 255 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hargwyne Street (203 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mordaunt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gateley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brighton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellefields Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellefields Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bellefields Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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