Crime Rates at Drakefield Road, London, SW17 8RP

Drakefield Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in South Balham , and the 202nd 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 Drakefield Road (SW17 8RP) in the last 12 months was 147.3 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% higher than the South Balham average (89.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ).

In the area around Drakefield Road (SW17 8RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.