Total Crime Rate
114.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowick Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Tooting Bec , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 805 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 Cowick Road (SW17 8PG) in the last 12 months was 114.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowick Road (SW17 8PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 187 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (68 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Longmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Cyprian'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hereward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hereward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Cyprian'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Cyprian'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Cyprian'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Price Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Price Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Letchworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Letchworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upper Tooting Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Tooting Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Tooting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereward Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Defoe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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