Total Crime Rate
114.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Union Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 359th highest crime rate of 768 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 Union Road (SW4 6JD) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% lower than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Road (SW4 6JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Minshull Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albion Avenue (36 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 | Kelman Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buxton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Smedley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Timber Mill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dennis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sibella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gauden Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minshull Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minshull Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minshull Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gauden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kelman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkhall Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkhall Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Larkhall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
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