Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Canford Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 349th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canford Road (SW11 6PB) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% lower than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canford Road (SW11 6PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowood Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alfriston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alfriston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Muncaster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Canford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clapham Common West Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Manchuria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manchuria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clapham Common West Side | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Culmstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Culmstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Culmstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Culmstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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