Total Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broughton Street area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 365th 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 Broughton Street (SW8 3QJ) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broughton Street (SW8 3QJ), 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 | Bewick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cupar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emu Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emu Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daley Thompson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Strasburg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strasburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broughton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strasburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cupar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
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