Total Crime Rate

71.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 71.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.9 4/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Rectory Grove area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 253rd lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rectory Grove (SW4 0DX) in the last 12 months was 71.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% lower than the Clapham East average (224.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Grove (SW4 0DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crichton Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rectory Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Portslade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Floris Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Portslade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Portslade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Rule Street
Sep 2025Burglary Portslade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Liston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Larkhall Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Killyon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wandsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brayburne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Floris Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Floris Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Rule Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Rule Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Rule Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fitzwilliam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brayburne Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Town Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Old Town Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portslade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Netherford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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