Total Crime Rate
233.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alton Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Roehampton , and the 98th 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 Alton Road (SW15 4NL) in the last 12 months was 233.2 per 1,000 residents and was 118.5% higher than the Roehampton average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alton Road (SW15 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hersham Close, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holybourne Avenue (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fontley Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fontley Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ibsley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ibsley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holybourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highcross Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Highcross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highcross Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fontley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horndean Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horndean Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fontley Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hersham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hersham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hersham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hersham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Alton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ibsley Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoughton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norstead Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Breamore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norstead Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norstead Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durford Crescent | Under investigation |
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