Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Burglary 23.6 10/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Caistor Mews area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 345th highest crime rate of 825 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 Caistor Mews (SW12 8QW) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caistor Mews (SW12 8QW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 766 crimes here, including 137 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Balham

Crime Over Time in Caistor Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Laitwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lochinvar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lochinvar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Verran Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Verran Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caistor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caistor Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caistor Road —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.