Total Crime Rate
2888.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Electric Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brixton North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 793 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 Electric Avenue (SW9 8JR) in the last 12 months was 2888.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1817.9% higher than the Brixton North average (150.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 281 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , down -18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 70.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 473 (≈ 879.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Electric Avenue (SW9 8JR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brixton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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