Crime Rate in Wandsworth Town, ward

Wandsworth Town has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Wandsworth district and the 1339th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 264th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wandsworth Town in the last 12 months was 110.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Wandsworth district average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wandsworth Town’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 543 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 31.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -28.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 656 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wandsworth Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 336 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (125 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.