Total Crime Rate
80.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 395th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BS) in the last 12 months was 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% lower than the Balham average (133.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ormeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Duchess Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ormeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipka Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Balham New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shipka Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byrne Road | Under investigation |
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