Total Crime Rate

63.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 63.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nightingale Lane area has the 48th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 350th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Lane (SW12 8SU) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Lane (SW12 8SU), the main crime hotspot is near Clavering Place. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseneath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earlsthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earlsthorpe Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Endlesham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchcroft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pickets Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clavering Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Baldwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walsingham Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsingham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sumburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Western Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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