Total Crime Rate
673.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clapham High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 38th 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 Clapham High Street (SW4 7UL) in the last 12 months was 673.3 per 1,000 residents and was 189.0% higher than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 215.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clapham High Street (SW4 7UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (101 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 | Belmont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bicycle Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bicycle Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeville Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Abbeville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Triangle Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bicycle Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carpenter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carpenter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carpenter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carpenter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teignmouth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bicycle Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bicycle Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lendal Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clapham High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cadmus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kendoa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendoa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendoa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bicycle Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clapham High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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