Crime Rates at Nursery Road, London, SW9 8BU

Nursery 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 Nursery Road (SW9 8BU) 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 Nursery Road (SW9 8BU), 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.