Total Crime Rate

169.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 169.0 9/10
  • Other theft 31.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 28.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Brighton Terrace area has the 31st highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 208th 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 Brighton Terrace (SW9 8DN) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.4% 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 Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -95.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Terrace (SW9 8DN), 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 Brighton Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pulross Road
Sep 2025Public order Pulross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucknell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Electric Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Electric Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Electric Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pulross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucknell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bucknell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bucknell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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