Total Crime Rate
310.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lessar Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 94th highest crime rate of 793 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 9HW) in the last 12 months was 310.3 per 1,000 residents and was 257.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 113.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lessar Avenue (SW4 9HW), the main crime hotspot is near Lessar Avenue. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakeford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonneville Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cautley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trouville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shandon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trouville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trouville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakeford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Gerards Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trouville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clapham Common South Side | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapham Common South Side | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynette Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynette Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lynette Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lynette Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lynette Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lynette Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynette Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bonneville Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Klea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lessar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hazelbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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