Total Crime Rate

174.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 174.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 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 0LJ) 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 0LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Thornton Avenue. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 12 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Rastell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tenbury Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kirkstall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lexton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copthorne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tenham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Radbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scrutton Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thornton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salford Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Rastell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Telford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sternhold Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sternhold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lexton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkstall Gardens —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rastell Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lexton Gardens —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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