Total Crime Rate
91.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heather Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clapham Town , and the 344th lowest crime rate of 793 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 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Clapham Town average (114.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (β 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -68.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heather Close (SW8 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Broadhinton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Montefiore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Philip Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bewick Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Robertson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Turnchapel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Newby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Chase | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lambourn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abberley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abberley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Turnchapel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedars Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Froude Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Philip Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heather Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedars Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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