Total Crime Rate
174.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thornton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 196th 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 Thornton Road (SW12 0LA) in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 101.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornton Road (SW12 0LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lexton Gardens, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowie Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clapham Common & Abbeville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Copthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Midmoor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Midmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowie Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lexton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rosethorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moberly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scrutton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenbury Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tenbury Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lexton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fryday Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lexton Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rastell Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Telferscot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thornton Avenue | Under investigation |
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