Crime Rates at Atlantic Road, London, SW9 8PU

Atlantic Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 40th highest crime rate of 768 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 Atlantic Road (SW9 8PU) in the last 12 months was 644.8 per 1,000 residents and was 293.6% 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 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 140.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Atlantic Road (SW9 8PU), 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.