Total Crime Rate
106.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prairie Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Lavender , and the 280th highest crime rate of 825 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 3PU) in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower than the Lavender average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (β 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prairie Street (SW8 3PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawson Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Francis Chichester Way (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lavender| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Strasburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heather Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Willard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Evesham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Robertson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Strasburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strasburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
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