Total Crime Rate
161.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maple Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Clapham Park , and the 236th 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 Maple Close (SW4 8LL) in the last 12 months was 161.0 per 1,000 residents and was 124.5% higher than the Clapham Park average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maple Close (SW4 8LL), the main crime hotspot is near Maple Close. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bateman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brickfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briarwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Briarwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briarwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mullins Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holm Oak Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holm Oak Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brickfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brickfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dragmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clarence Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leppoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leppoc Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bateman Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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