Crime Rates at Bucharest Road, London, SW18 3AR

Bucharest Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Wandle , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bucharest Road (SW18 3AR) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower than the Wandle average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bucharest Road (SW18 3AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earlsfield Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakshaw Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.