Total Crime Rate
713.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Pavement area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clapham Town , and the 34th highest crime rate of 793 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 The Pavement (SW4 0JA) in the last 12 months was 713.8 per 1,000 residents and was 525.7% higher than the Clapham Town average (114.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 85.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -72.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 151.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Pavement (SW4 0JA), the main crime hotspot is near Clapham Common South Side. Police recorded 422 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | The Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilberforce Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Pavement | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavement | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Liston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wingate Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Polygon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Polygon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Polygon | Under investigation |
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