Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beechcroft Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 161st highest crime rate of 825 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 Beechcroft Road (SW17 7BN) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% higher than the Balham average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1009.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechcroft Road (SW17 7BN), the main crime hotspot is near College Gardens. Police recorded 175 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Anthonys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beechcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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