Total Crime Rate

106.2 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Prairie 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Prairie Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Strasburg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Queenstown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heather Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenet Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heather Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Willard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queenstown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Evesham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wycliffe Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip Square β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Chichester Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Robertson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Strasburg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Strasburg Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rawson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rawson Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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