Total Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clitheroe Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clitheroe Road (SW9 9EA) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clitheroe Road (SW9 9EA), the main crime hotspot is near Hargwyne Street. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 195 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossford Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodesia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodesia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grantham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grantham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andalus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hargwyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hargwyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prideaux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hargwyne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paradise Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Levehurst Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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