Total Crime Rate

426.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 426.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 166.7 10/10
  • Other theft 57.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 55.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.5 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Robbery 11.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Circus Road West area has the 9th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 37th highest crime rate of 825 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 Circus Road West (SW11 8EN) in the last 12 months was 426.9 per 1,000 residents and was 248.6% higher than the Battersea Park average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 114 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 Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Circus Road West (SW11 8EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Circus Road West, where police recorded 215 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Circus Road West area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A3216
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A3216
Sep 2025Burglary A3216 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A3216 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A3216 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sopwith Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sopwith Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sopwith Way
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Circus Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Circus Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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