Total Crime Rate

109.0 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 109.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.3 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Sistova Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 267th highest crime rate of 825 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 Sistova Road (SW12 9QR) in the last 12 months was 109.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sistova Road (SW12 9QR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 313 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sistova Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormeley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shipka Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scholars Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benjamin Mews —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benjamin Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caistor Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Caistor Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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