Total Crime Rate
2378.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
800.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorrell Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 5th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorrell Place (SW9 8EG) in the last 12 months was 2378.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1351.9% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 224 (≈ 800.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorrell Place (SW9 8EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 744 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (271 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brixton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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