Total Crime Rate
159.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Maskelyne Close area has the 40th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 170th highest crime rate of 825 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 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% higher than the Battersea Park average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 91.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maskelyne Close (SW11 4AE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Eastern Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maskelyne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Anhalt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Watford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Randall Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Eastern Wharf | Under investigation |
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