Total Crime Rate
130.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bewick Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 238th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Wandsworth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bewick Street (SW8 3TA) in the last 12 months was 130.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% higher than the Battersea Park average (107.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bewick Street (SW8 3TA), 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 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daley Thompson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bev Callender Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverthorne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Rule Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Rule Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingelow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broughton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emu Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emu Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prairie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heath Road | — |
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