Crime Rates at Cathles Road, London, SW12 9LF

Cathles Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 197th lowest crime rate of 805 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 Cathles Road (SW12 9LF) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the Balham average (133.1 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cathles Road (SW12 9LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lynette Avenue, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Honeybrook Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.