Total Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Robbery 18.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bowie Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Clapham Park , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 793 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 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Clapham Park average (68.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowie Close (SW4 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tilson Gardens, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poynders Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bowie Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B221 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thorncliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copthorne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mullins Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poynders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poynders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clarence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mullins Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mullins Place —
Sep 2025Public order Fairbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tenbury Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft B221 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moberly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dragmore Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowie Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bowie Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scrutton Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Tilson Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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