Total Crime Rate

98.5 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 98.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.4 3/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ethelbert Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 313th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ethelbert Street (SW12 9RS) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% lower than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ethelbert Street (SW12 9RS), 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.

Crime Over Time in Ethelbert Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormeley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Laitwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balham New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranmere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byrne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laitwood Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sistova Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bedford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Pentney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balham New Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sistova Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scholars Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Zennor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shipka Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ormeley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ethelbert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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