Scotland Yard has deployed more police amid fears teen mobs will once again descend on town centres in a repeat of last night’s chaos in Clapham.
Today, senior Conservatives demanded ‘mass arrests’ after hundreds of teenagers flooded into the plush south-west London neighbourhood as part of an Easter holiday ‘linkup’ promoted on social media.
More than 300 teenagers gathered on the Clapham Common baseball courts before swarming the High Street to steal from shops, attack police and fight amongst themselves – as terrified families barricaded themselves inside supermarkets.
Clapham High Street on a normal British afternoon: replacement in full swing. Packs of the usual cultural enrichers swarming the road like they’ve just been air-dropped in from the world’s worst corners, blocking traffic, screaming, forcing actual English locals to scatter while… pic.twitter.com/nVJtSUMQLq
— Lewis.B.Rendell Official (@Lewisrendell1) April 1, 2026
BREAKING NEWS; Marauding Madness & utter Chaos at Marks & Spencer in Clapham; had the 3 MET Officers not been on scene I bet the entire stock would have been stolen;
LAWLESS LONDON on just about every level of crime & ASB 👇🤷♂️🙄pic.twitter.com/dIvH6Uwz0G
— Norman Brennan (@NormanBrennan) March 30, 2026
Wow. @fancypants_s https://t.co/f2kru3uGEO
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) April 1, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
