Total Crime Rate
452.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queenstown Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Battersea Park , and the 36th 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 Queenstown Road (SW8 4LN) in the last 12 months was 452.4 per 1,000 residents and was 269.4% higher than the Battersea Park average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queenstown Road (SW8 4LN), 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.
View Crime In Battersea Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lockington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Meath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Meath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Patcham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Battersea Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Patcham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gladstone Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patcham Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southolm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Battersea Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Battersea Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenstown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
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