Total Crime Rate

78.7 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 78.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Cornford Grove area has the 40th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 404th highest 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 Cornford Grove (SW12 9JF) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornford Grove (SW12 9JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larch Close, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bedford Hill (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cornford Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cloudesdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakmead Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranmere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shipka Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakmead Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sistova Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Bedford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ethelbert Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sistova Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fontenoy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Laitwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byrne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laitwood Road —

Data Sources

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