Total Crime Rate

251.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 251.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Other theft 28.3 10/10
  • Public order 28.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 24.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 24.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Robbery 12.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lockington Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lockington Road (SW8 4BE) in the last 12 months was 251.0 per 1,000 residents and was 105.0% higher than the Battersea Park average (122.5 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lockington Road (SW8 4BE), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Lockington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/62)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Meath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newtown Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Patcham Terrace —
Sep 2025Burglary Patcham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Patcham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Meath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Patcham Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Newtown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queenstown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newtown Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newtown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newtown Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen'S Circus Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Circus —
Sep 2025Burglary Gladstone Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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