Total Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lavender Hill area has the 29th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Lavender , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lavender Hill (SW11 5QJ) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower than the Lavender average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lavender Hill (SW11 5QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gideon Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elsley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gideon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tipthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tipthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tipthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tipthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rush Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gowrie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brassey Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fontarabia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sabine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sabine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lavender Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingsley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marjorie Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marjorie Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sabine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sabine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gideon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grayshott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grayshott Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Kingsley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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