Total Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.7 8/10
  • Public order 19.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
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Crime overview

Nightingale Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 270th 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 Nightingale Lane (SW12 8SZ) in the last 12 months was 108.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Lane (SW12 8SZ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Nightingale Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sumburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sumburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clavering Place —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clavering Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walsingham Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Baldwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manchuria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsingham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseneath Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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