Total Crime Rate
177.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prince Of Wales Drive area has the 38th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 155th 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 Prince Of Wales Drive (SW11 4BL) in the last 12 months was 177.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prince Of Wales Drive (SW11 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Francis Chichester Way (34 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Carriage Drive South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newtown Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forfar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Macduff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Macduff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Macduff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queen'S Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newtown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
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