Total Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heather Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clapham Town , and the 354th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heather Close (SW8 3BT) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% lower than the Clapham Town average (122.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heather Close (SW8 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heather Close, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daley Thompson Way (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clapham Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Basnett Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Turnchapel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abberley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaufoy Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaufoy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Beaufoy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emu Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverthorne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newby Street | Under investigation |
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