Total Crime Rate

116.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 116.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Emu Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 268th 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 Emu Road (SW8 3PS) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% higher than the Battersea Park average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Emu Road (SW8 3PS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Emu Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Rawson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emu Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wycliffe Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Willard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daley Thompson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Caroline Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caroline Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Queenstown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ingelow Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Emu Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Mews —
Apr 2026Public order Strasburg Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Strasburg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strasburg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prairie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prairie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prairie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silverthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Broughton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bewick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queenstown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queenstown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close —
Apr 2026Public order Wickersley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Heather Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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