Total Crime Rate
234.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wandsworth High Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 149 local areas in East Putney , and the 96th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wandsworth High Street (SW18 4JE) in the last 12 months was 234.0 per 1,000 residents and was 170.0% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wandsworth High Street (SW18 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wandsworth High Street, where police recorded 271 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhold Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carter'S Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spectrum Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Newton'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton'S Yard | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Carter'S Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | 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 | 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 | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Carter'S Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bush Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dutch Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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