Total Crime Rate

126.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Forster 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.

Crime Over Time in Forster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Streatham Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doverfield Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tilson Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Streatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forster Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forster Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkshaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawkshaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hawkshaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bowie Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowie Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wallis'S Cottages Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallis'S Cottages Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallis'S Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Forster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallis'S Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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