Total Crime Rate

120.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Cavendish Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 332nd 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 Cavendish Road (SW12 0BW) in the last 12 months was 120.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BW), 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.

Crime Over Time in Cavendish Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rudloe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lynn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lynn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Molly Huggins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranmere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Royal Duchess Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Balham Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Balham Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenswood Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sanderstead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limerick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benjamin Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Royal Duchess Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazelbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —

Data Sources

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