Total Crime Rate
1304.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
413.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Voltaire Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 15th 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 Voltaire Road (SW4 6DD) in the last 12 months was 1304.4 per 1,000 residents and was 460.0% higher than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 206 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -14.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 413.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Voltaire Road (SW4 6DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (101 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadmus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Prescott Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sibella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prescott Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgeley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Slievemore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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