Total Crime Rate
223.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prince Of Wales Drive area has the 28th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 105th 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 Prince Of Wales Drive (SW8 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 223.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.5% higher than the Battersea Park average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 12 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 Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prince Of Wales Drive (SW8 4BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Circus Road West, where police recorded 215 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Savona Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queenstown Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Circus Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southolm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Circus Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Circus Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Circus Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Battersea Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Battersea Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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