Total Crime Rate
134.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clapham Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brixton North , and the 296th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clapham Road (SW9 9BW) in the last 12 months was 134.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% lower than the Brixton North average (149.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clapham Road (SW9 9BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Levehurst Way, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockwell (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockwell East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fergusson Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossford Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Binfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Binfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paradise Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fergusson Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodesia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodesia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prideaux Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lingham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockwell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Studley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Studley Road | — |
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