Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 34.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wandsworth Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Clapham East , and the 314th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

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 Wandsworth Road (SW8 3LE) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower than the Clapham East average (233.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wandsworth Road (SW8 3LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyston Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stewart'S Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wandsworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hesewall Close
Apr 2026Burglary Turret Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rozel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portslade Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Crichton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft A3036 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Portslade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cubitt Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wandsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brayburne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pensbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wandsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Barry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stewart'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portslade Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Killyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Killyon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Killyon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Killyon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Rectory Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clyston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Rule Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Clyston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Rule Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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