Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 392nd 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 0BU) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the Balham average (133.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Honeybrook Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazelbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazelbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Duchess Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hazelbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudloe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskarth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Balham New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dagnan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molly Huggins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balham Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westlands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Mews | — |
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