Total Crime Rate

80.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 29.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cavendish Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholars Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ormeley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ethelbert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laitwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ethelbert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ethelbert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Old Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ormeley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Duchess Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laitwood Road
Apr 2026Drugs Griffin Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Griffin Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dinsmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Zennor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Ormeley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shipka Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pentney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossiter Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Balham New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byrne Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shipka Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hanson Close
Apr 2026Theft from the person Margaret Rutherford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Byrne Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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