Total Crime Rate
221.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fountain Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Tooting Broadway , and the 106th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fountain Road (SW17 0HG) in the last 12 months was 221.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% higher than the Tooting Broadway average (134.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 104.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fountain Road (SW17 0HG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 191 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Tooting Broadway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurso Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Thurso Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurso Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greaves Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greaves Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hepdon Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kiln Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kiln Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kiln Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kiln Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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