Total Crime Rate

27.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 22nd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 113th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clapham Common West Side (SW4 9AT) in the last 12 months was 27.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clapham Common West Side (SW4 9AT), the main crime hotspot is near Bowood Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 12 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 (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bowood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bowood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sumburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Baldwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapham Common West Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clapham Common West Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Culmstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Culmstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Culmstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsingham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walsingham Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Culmstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowood Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseneath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Canford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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