Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beechcroft Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Balham , and the 387th 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 Beechcroft Road (SW17 7DE) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechcroft Road (SW17 7DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Anthonys Close, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lingwell Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beechcroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hendham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St James'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morven Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brenda Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glenburnie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mandrake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St James'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Appledore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hendham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Appledore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Appledore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Appledore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Appledore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Appledore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Appledore Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morven Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langroyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Anthonys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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