Total Crime Rate
386.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Robertson Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clapham Town , and the 77th 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 Robertson Street (SW8 3TQ) in the last 12 months was 386.5 per 1,000 residents and was 215.6% higher than the Clapham Town average (122.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 173.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robertson Street (SW8 3TQ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnchapel Mews | 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 | Heather Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Turnchapel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bewick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daley Thompson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
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