Total Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 362nd highest crime rate of 805 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 Cavendish Road (SW12 0PP) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Road (SW12 0PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ethelbert Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fontenoy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Culverden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byrne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Little Dimocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Dimocks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haverhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haverhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
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