Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spectrum Way area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 149 local areas in East Putney , and the 223rd lowest crime rate of 805 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 Spectrum Way (SW18 4GN) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower than the East Putney average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spectrum Way (SW18 4GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 335 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (133 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wandsworth Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandsworth High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Adelaide Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adelaide Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutch Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandsworth High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandsworth High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandsworth High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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