Total Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scholars Road area has the lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 18th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scholars Road (SW12 0PG) in the last 12 months was 18.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% lower than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Scholars Road (SW12 0PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ethelbert Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molly Huggins Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Streatham Hill West & Thornton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byrne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haverhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haverhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hydethorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burnbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
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