Total Crime Rate
205.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hickmore Walk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 163rd 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 Hickmore Walk (SW4 6EQ) in the last 12 months was 205.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hickmore Walk (SW4 6EQ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belmont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belmont Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgeley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stonhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stonhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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