Crime Rate in Southfields, ward

Southfields has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Wandsworth district and the 3198th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 71st lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southfields in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% lower than the Wandsworth district average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southfields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 193 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southfields ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.