Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Balham Park Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 309th highest crime rate of 825 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 Balham Park Road (SW12 8DS) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% lower than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balham Park Road (SW12 8DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Dairy Mews (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Balham Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Pakenham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hosack Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarsfeld Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heslop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fernside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gosberton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ouseley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ouseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ouseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balham High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boundaries Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pakenham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hosack Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hosack Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hosack Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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