Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 30.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Matthews Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 244th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Matthews Street (SW11 5AB) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matthews Street (SW11 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Latchmere Street, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsley Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Matthews Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Soudan Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Kingsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Freedom Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kersley Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Brynmaer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Latchmere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cranleigh Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Amies Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Amies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Matthews Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Abercrombie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frere Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frere Street —
Apr 2026Other theft St James'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frere Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Soudan Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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