Total Crime Rate
588.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Atlantic Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 43rd 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 Atlantic Road (SW9 8PU) in the last 12 months was 588.1 per 1,000 residents and was 236.0% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (β 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% 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 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Valentia Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Electric Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vining Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vining Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vining Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vining Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vining Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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