Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elms Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 360th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elms Road (SW4 9EP) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% higher than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 242.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elms Road (SW4 9EP), the main crime hotspot is near Trouville Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franconia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elms Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elms Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elms Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shandon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rathmell Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rathmell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caldervale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caldervale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Franconia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trouville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leppoc Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leppoc Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leppoc Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patio Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trouville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trouville Road | — |
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