Total Crime Rate

36.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 36.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ferndale Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 102nd lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8AX) in the last 12 months was 36.8 per 1,000 residents and was 79.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.5% YoY).

In the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 495 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (180 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ferndale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellefields Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gateley Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Bernay'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bernay'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bernay'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bucknell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bucknell Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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