Total Crime Rate
209.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Octavia Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 120th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
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 Octavia Street (SW11 3DN) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.2% higher than the Battersea Park average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Octavia Street (SW11 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Simpson Street, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkham Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Mary's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battersea Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Randall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Randall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Randall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Searles Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfern Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abercrombie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Henty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bullen Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bullen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ethelburga Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ursula Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobalt Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobalt Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cobalt Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobalt Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobalt Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosenau Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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