Total Crime Rate

187.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Burglary 24.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chelsham Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 173rd 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 Chelsham Road (SW4 6NW) in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower than the Clapham East average (224.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (β‰ˆ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chelsham Road (SW4 6NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Landor Road, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clapham North (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Chelsham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapham North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Grove β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Slievemore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clapham High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clapham High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Atherfold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Atherfold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tregothnan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stirling Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayflower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dennis Way β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dennis Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dennis Way β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mayflower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fergusson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Timber Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Voltaire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bromfelde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stirling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stirling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fenwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fenwick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fenwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Slievemore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Smedley Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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