Total Crime Rate
57.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cautley Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
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 Cautley Avenue (SW4 9HU) in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cautley Avenue (SW4 9HU), the main crime hotspot is near Lessar Avenue. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clapham Common & Abbeville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lessar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shandon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Gerards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westlands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lessar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lessar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lessar Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shandon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shandon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapham Common South Side | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lessar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Narbonne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Narbonne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Klea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mandalay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mandalay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mandalay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clapham Common South Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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