Total Crime Rate
873.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
300.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clapham High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 24th 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 Clapham High Street (SW4 7TS) in the last 12 months was 873.4 per 1,000 residents and was 274.9% higher than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 300.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clapham High Street (SW4 7TS), the main crime hotspot is near Edgeley Lane. Police recorded 205 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgeley Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edgeley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edgeley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cato Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgeley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapham North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherfold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Atherfold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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