Total Crime Rate
216.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Franciscan Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Tooting Bec , and the 112th 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 Franciscan Road (SW17 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 181.0% 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Franciscan Road (SW17 8HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bevill Allen Close, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mitcham Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tooting Bec| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southview Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groomfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derinton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derinton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derinton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derinton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dewey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dewey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groomfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groomfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Groomfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Groomfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southview Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gassiot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Benedict'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitcham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southview Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Nicholas Glebe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blakenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blakenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Nicholas Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Letchworth Street | Under investigation |
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