Total Crime Rate

898.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 898.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 267.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 182.6 10/10
  • Other theft 97.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.0 10/10
  • Public order 46.7 10/10
  • Drugs 38.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.5 10/10
  • Robbery 32.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 32.5 7/10
  • Burglary 28.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.3 10/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
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

Ferndale Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brixton North , and the 20th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8FR) in the last 12 months was 898.6 per 1,000 residents and was 496.6% higher than the Brixton North average (150.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 300.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -56.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 269.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferndale Road (SW9 8FR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 634 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (234 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ferndale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saltoun Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saltoun Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Saltoun Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Saltoun Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Saltoun Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brixton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brixton Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brixton
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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