Total Crime Rate
185.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queenstown Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lavender , and the 150th 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 Queenstown Road (SW8 3RE) in the last 12 months was 185.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queenstown Road (SW8 3RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heather Close, where police recorded 45 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.
View Crime In Shaftesbury & Queenstown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Beaufoy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Caroline Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abberley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ashley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gideon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnchapel Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gideon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaufoy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaufoy Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queenstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Turnchapel Mews | Under investigation |
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