Total Crime Rate
362.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carfax Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 81st highest crime rate of 793 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 Carfax Place (SW4 7BQ) in the last 12 months was 362.0 per 1,000 residents and was 106.8% higher than the Brixton Acre Lane average (175.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -69.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 117.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carfax Place (SW4 7BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapham Common South Side, where police recorded 422 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (103 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crescent Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Carpenter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Common South Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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