Total Crime Rate
116.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broughton Street 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 Broughton Street (SW8 3QU) 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 Broughton Street (SW8 3QU), 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 | Vehicle crime | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Strasburg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Francis Chichester Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Page Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strasburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emu Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emu Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Caroline Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strasburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Chichester Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wickersley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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