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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Brixton Road 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 Brixton Road (SW9 8ER) 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 Brixton Road (SW9 8ER), the main crime hotspot is near Brixton. Police recorded 634 crimes here, including 183 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brixton Acre Lane

Crime Over Time in Brixton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/354)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton —
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Atlantic Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellefields Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernay'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernay'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlantic Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 354

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑