Total Crime Rate
129.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Briarwood Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Clapham Common & Abbeville , and the 307th 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 Briarwood Road (SW4 9PX) in the last 12 months was 129.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% higher than the Clapham Common & Abbeville average (101.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briarwood Road (SW4 9PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holwood Place, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbourne Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clapham Common & Abbeville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tableer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeville Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nelsons Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelsons Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelsons Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelsons Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelsons Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clapham Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leppoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leppoc Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Abbeville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Triangle Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crescent Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teignmouth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holwood Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnolia Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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