Total Crime Rate

150.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Burglary 23.3 10/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Clapham Common West Side area has the 16th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

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 Common West Side (SW4 9AL) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% higher than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clapham Common West Side (SW4 9AL), the main crime hotspot is near Clavering Place. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Clapham Common West Side area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Baldwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sumburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clavering Place —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsingham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walsingham Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseneath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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