Total Crime Rate
38.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rossiter Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Balham , and the 165th 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 Rossiter Road (SW12 9RY) in the last 12 months was 38.4 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rossiter Road (SW12 9RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balham New Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Devonshire Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zennor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Balham New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Margaret Rutherford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Griffin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Byrne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Little Dimocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Dimocks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laitwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laitwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balham New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipka Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shipka Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ormeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ormeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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