Total Crime Rate
687.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Voltaire Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 38th highest crime rate of 793 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 Voltaire Road (SW4 6DG) in the last 12 months was 687.5 per 1,000 residents and was 205.8% higher than the Clapham East average (224.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Voltaire Road (SW4 6DG), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 354 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clement Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bicycle Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nelsons Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Slievemore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Slievemore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Edgeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hazlewood Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bromfelde Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dennis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dennis Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dennis Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dennis Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sibella Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haselrigge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenwick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aristotle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fenwick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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