Crime Rates at Elms Road, London, SW4 9EW

Elms Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 281st 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 Elms Road (SW4 9EW) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 112.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 139.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elms Road (SW4 9EW), the main crime hotspot is near Trouville Road. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.