Crime Rates at Lessar Avenue, London, SW4 9HL

Lessar Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 83rd 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 Lessar Avenue (SW4 9HL) in the last 12 months was 351.1 per 1,000 residents and was 247.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lessar Avenue (SW4 9HL), the main crime hotspot is near Clapham South. Police recorded 167 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.