Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boundaries 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 Boundaries Road (SW12 8EU) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 Boundaries Road (SW12 8EU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 734 crimes here, including 117 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Boundaries Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balham Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Balham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Boundaries Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Balham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boundaries Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundaries Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gosberton Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fernside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakmead Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakmead Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balham High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Balham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham High Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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