Total Crime Rate
130.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highdown Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Roehampton , and the 235th highest crime rate of 805 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 Highdown Road (SW15 5BU) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% higher than the Roehampton average (100.2 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highdown Road (SW15 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosse Way, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cortis Terrace (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Putney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cortis Terrace | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dover Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crestway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cortis Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Laneway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dover Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Putney Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Putney Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosse Way | Under investigation |
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