Total Crime Rate
122.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burke Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Roehampton , and the 230th 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 Burke Close (SW15 5RS) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% higher than the Roehampton average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burke Close (SW15 5RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dowdeswell Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rockingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludovick Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dowdeswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Richmond Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upper Richmond Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priests Bridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sutherland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sutherland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dowdeswell Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arabella Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arabella Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arabella Drive | Under investigation |
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