Total Crime Rate

71.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 71.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 26.4 5/10
  • Robbery 15.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowie Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Clapham Park , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowie Close (SW4 8HB) in the last 12 months was 71.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% lower than the Clapham Park average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowie Close (SW4 8HB), the main crime hotspot is near Tilson Gardens. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowie Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Atkins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowie Close
Apr 2026Burglary Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mullins Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Plummer Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft New Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dragmore Street
Apr 2026Other theft Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brickfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brickfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brickfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scrutton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Plummer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Plummer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Plummer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tilson Gardens
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Forster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forster Road
Apr 2026Other theft Poynders Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Clarence Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Poynders Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poynders Road
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Forster Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Tilson Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tilson Gardens
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Atkins Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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