Total Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forster Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Clapham Park , and the 303rd 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 Forster Road (SW2 4NL) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% higher than the Clapham Park average (68.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forster Road (SW2 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tilson Gardens, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doverfield Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Streatham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doverfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tilson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Streatham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Doverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkshaw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawkshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hawkshaw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowie Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wallis'S Cottages | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallis'S Cottages | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallis'S Cottages | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallis'S Cottages | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Park Road | Under investigation |
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