Total Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cavendish Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BP) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 103.2% higher than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham Common & Abbeville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rudloe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scholars Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenswood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Benjamin Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ormeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Old Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dagnan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Royal Duchess Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Royal Duchess Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Molly Huggins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham New Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham New Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balham New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudloe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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