Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thurleigh Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 41st 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 Thurleigh Road (SW12 8UD) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thurleigh Road (SW12 8UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linnet Mews, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Airedale Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightingale Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kyrle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kyrle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linnet Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rusham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rusham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B237 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gayville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wroughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wroughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montholme Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Montholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Roseneath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Airedale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ballingdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hendrick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hendrick Avenue | Under investigation |
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