Total Crime Rate
231.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oldridge Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 99th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oldridge Road (SW12 8PP) in the last 12 months was 231.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% higher than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oldridge Road (SW12 8PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clapham South (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rinaldo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Verran Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lynn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Balham Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balham Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verran Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verran Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verran Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verran Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Verran Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caistor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Balham Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clapham South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clapham South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clapham South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clapham South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dagnan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caistor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Balham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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