Crime in Wandsworth district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (8,525), anti-social behaviour (7,300) and vehicle crime (3,010) made up 57% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 103rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Wandsworth district peaked in the year to August 2021 (36,522 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (31,416). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 6%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Wandsworth district recorded notably more bicycle theft (2.6 times the national rate), theft from the person (2.0 times the national rate) and vehicle crime (79% above the national rate), and notably less criminal damage and arson (54% below) and other crime (48% below). On the year before, bicycle theft rose from 549 to 736 and possession of weapons rose from 151 to 197, while criminal damage and arson fell from 1,576 to 1,043 and theft from the person fell from 1,532 to 1,162.

What each category covers: crime categories.

25,804 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Wandsworth district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 76.4 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Wandsworth district had the 121st highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Metropolitan Police area in the year ending March 2026, 5.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Wandsworth district is an undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for Wandsworth district: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Metropolitan Police area not assigned to a district moved from 4.3% in the year ending March 2025 to 5.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in Wandsworth district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 3,694 offences (14% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for theft from the person (2.1 times the national rate), bicycle theft (2.1 times the national rate) and robbery of business property (1.7 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for arson (0.42 times), stalking and harassment (0.52 times) and miscellaneous crimes against society (0.52 times).

Districts in the Metropolitan Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 32 districts in the Metropolitan Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Wandsworth district had the 11th lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

6 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Wandsworth district; the highest is City of London (639.5 per 1,000) and the lowest Merton district (74.2).

Of the 23 areas within Wandsworth district, Lavender had the highest crime rate (171.8 per 1,000) and Southfields the lowest (51.1), 3 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 18% of the crime recorded in Wandsworth district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (2,045).

Of the 25,910 crimes in Wandsworth district with a recorded outcome, 50% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.0% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 7,300 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Wandsworth district has an estimated population of 337,655 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more households without a car (48%, against 23%), more residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (63%, against 34%) and more private renting (36%, against 20%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Wandsworth district average decile 6.6 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.