Total Crime Rate

112.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.9 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 112.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Prairie Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lavender , and the 283rd 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 Prairie Street (SW8 3PT) in the last 12 months was 112.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Lavender average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prairie Street (SW8 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strasburg Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daley Thompson Way (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prairie Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Rawson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Street Under investigation
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Broughton Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Broughton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Emu Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emu Road
Apr 2026Other theft Willard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heather Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Heather Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ingelow Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queenstown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashley Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rawson Street
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 2026Bicycle theft Beaufoy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beaufoy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beaufoy Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rawson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queenstown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Rawson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rawson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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