Total Crime Rate
93.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garratt Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Tooting Broadway , and the 333rd 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 Garratt Lane (SW17 0LY) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% lower than the Tooting Broadway average (143.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garratt Lane (SW17 0LY), the main crime hotspot is near Burfield Close. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Smallwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Smallwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Smallwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Smallwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurso Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keble Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bertal Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bertal Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plough Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bertal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Squarey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pevensey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smallwood Road | — |
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