Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maskelyne Close area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 194th 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 Maskelyne Close (SW11 4AE) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% higher than the Battersea Park average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maskelyne Close (SW11 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Great Eastern Wharf, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randall Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Battersea Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albert Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Worfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ursula Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ursula Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ursula Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Surrey Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surrey Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hyde Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosenau Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battersea Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carriage Drive West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ethelburga Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Great Eastern Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Henty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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