Total Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brighton 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pulross Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pulross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Electric Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Electric Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Electric Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pulross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucknell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bucknell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
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