Crime Rate in Clapham Town, ward

Clapham Town has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 1295th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 244th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Clapham Town in the last 12 months was 114.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Clapham Town’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 358 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 78.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 516 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Clapham Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Clapham Common South Side, with 422 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (103 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.