Total Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nightingale Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Lane (SW12 8ST) in the last 12 months was 14.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.9% lower than the Balham average (133.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Nightingale Lane (SW12 8ST), the main crime hotspot is near Clavering Place. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsingham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manchuria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broxash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellamy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oldridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pickets Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clavering Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clavering Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sumburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sumburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsingham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blandfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blandfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baldwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baldwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Endlesham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broxash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broxash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manchuria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellamy Street | — |
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