Total Crime Rate

223.5 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 223.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 45.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Other theft 22.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 18.9 6/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Robbery 15.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

Prince 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.

Crime Over Time in Prince Of Wales Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queenstown Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Circus Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southolm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Circus Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Circus Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Circus Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Circus Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Battersea Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Battersea Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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