Crime Statistics for Brixton, South Hams, Devon, 2024

Crime statistics for Brixton, South Hams

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Brixton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brixton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime2
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime3

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brixton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brixton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brixton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brixton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Billacombe (2.24 miles)48
Underwood (2.24 miles)18
Spriddlestone (1.39 miles)9
Torr (1.96 miles)3
Brixton3
Cofflete (0.88 miles)3
Blackpool (1.39 miles)3
Langage (1.39 miles)3
Hollacombe Hill (2.24 miles)1
Newton Downs (1.86 miles)1

4.86%
of Wembury & Brixton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brixton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brixton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Billacombe25
Underwood11
Spriddlestone6
Torr2
Brixton2
Cofflete2
Blackpool2
Langage2
Hollacombe Hill1
Newton Downs0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brixton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brixton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brixton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brixton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brixton is ranked #10.

#WardScore
1St Peter and the Waterfront84
2Sutton and Mount Gould75
3Efford and Lipson64
4Compton42
5Plymstock Radford24
6Plympton Erle15
7Plymstock Dunstone10
8Plympton Chaddlewood9
9Plympton St Mary9
10Wembury & Brixton7
11Newton & Yealmpton6

Which road in Brixton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brixton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Barton Brake.

Last updated: February 2024
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