Total Crime Rate
126.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prairie Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lavender , and the 246th 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 Prairie Street (SW8 3PL) in the last 12 months was 126.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Lavender average (134.1 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prairie Street (SW8 3PL), the main crime hotspot is near Francis Chichester Way. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shaftesbury & Queenstown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Chichester Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Page Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emu Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Caroline Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Basnett Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Basnett Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
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