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

Gateley 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 Gateley Road (SW9 9SZ) 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 Gateley Road (SW9 9SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brixton, where police recorded 495 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hargwyne Street (203 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Gateley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aytoun Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rumsey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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