Total Crime Rate
1019.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Venn Street area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clapham Town , and the 18th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Venn Street (SW4 0AX) in the last 12 months was 1019.3 per 1,000 residents and was 732.5% higher than the Clapham Town average (122.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 135.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Venn Street (SW4 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clapham Common (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clapham Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crescent Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Crescent Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Venn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stonhouse Street | Under investigation |
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