Crime Rates at Birley Street, London, SW11 5XD

Birley Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Lavender , and the 396th 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 Birley Street (SW11 5XD) in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower than the Lavender average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birley Street (SW11 5XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 184 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.