Total Crime Rate

132.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 132.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clapham Crescent area has the 50th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Brixton Acre Lane , and the 290th 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 Clapham Crescent (SW4 7LA) in the last 12 months was 132.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clapham Crescent (SW4 7LA), 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.

Crime Over Time in Clapham Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowland Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Carfax Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carfax Place —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgeley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowland Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Common Mile Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leppoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leppoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leppoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Alphonsus Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alphonsus Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Drugs Common Mile Close Local resolution

Data Sources

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