Crime Rate in Clapham East, ward

Clapham East has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 217th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 51st highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Clapham East in the last 12 months was 224.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% higher than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Clapham East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 522 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 10 cases , up 11.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 111.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -35.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 788 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Clapham East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Clapham Common. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.