Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

19.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 19.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.1 3/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Villas area has the 40th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 392nd highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Villas (SW12 9PR) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the Balham average (133.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Villas (SW12 9PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 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.

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Crime Over Time in Park Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Balham Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dagnan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westlands Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaskarth Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Balham New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hanson Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laitwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Zennor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Balham Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Honeybrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hazelbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hazelbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hazelbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balham Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Duchess Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Old Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ormeley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dinsmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Mews
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rudloe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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