Total Crime Rate
94.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lingwell Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Tooting Bec , and the 337th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lingwell Road (SW17 7NJ) in the last 12 months was 94.9 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Tooting Bec average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 17.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lingwell Road (SW17 7NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 365 crimes here, including 306 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Tooting Bec| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadwater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hunter Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chancery Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chancery Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herlwyn Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevin Square | — |
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