Total Crime Rate

99.6 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 99.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Thornton Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 384th lowest 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 Thornton Road (SW12 0JU) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Road (SW12 0JU), the main crime hotspot is near Poynders Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Thornton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Radbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poynders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sanderstead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Midmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosethorn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midmoor Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belthorn Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cambray Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Other theft Poynders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limerick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hydethorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scrutton Close —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fryday Grove Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copthorne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burnbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Molly Huggins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Burnbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Burnbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Burnbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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