Total Crime Rate
202.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wandsworth Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 167th 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 Wandsworth Road (SW8 3ND) in the last 12 months was 202.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wandsworth Road (SW8 3ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyston Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (15 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Portslade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wandsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portslade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rectory Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A3036 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crichton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Barry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turret Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rozel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cubitt Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayburne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pensbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesewall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B224 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B224 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clyston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Rule Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Rule Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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