Total Crime Rate
60.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 180th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0PH) in the last 12 months was 60.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0PH), 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 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byrne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Dimocks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hydethorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Haverhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Little Dimocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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