Total Crime Rate
152.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forster Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Clapham Park , and the 258th highest crime rate of 768 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 4UX) in the last 12 months was 152.6 per 1,000 residents and was 112.8% higher than the Clapham Park average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forster Road (SW2 4UX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tilson Gardens, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doverfield Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clapham Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sulina Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sulina Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sulina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brixton Hill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Forster Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morrish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morrish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doverfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Doverfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doverfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doverfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixton Hill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brixton Hill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brixton Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brixton Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brixton Hill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brixton Hill Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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