Crime Rates in Balham (SW12)
Crime statistics for SW12 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Balham (SW12)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 563 crimes within 1 mile of the SW12 centre, against 1,464 around SW4, 1,176 around SW2, 985 around SW11 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in SW12?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the SW12 centre were Vehicle crime (134), Anti-social behaviour (114) and Violent crime (104), out of 563 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full SW12 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in SW12?
Enter a full SW12 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
SW12 at a glance
563 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the SW12 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was vehicle crime, at 24% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 563
- Most recorded category
- Vehicle crime (24%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police Service
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 134 | 24% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 114 | 20% |
| Violent crime | 104 | 18% |
| Other theft | 59 | 10% |
| Shoplifting | 43 | 8% |
| Public order | 25 | 4% |
| Theft from the person | 24 | 4% |
| Burglary | 23 | 4% |
| All other categories | 37 | 7% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the SW12 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How SW12 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balham (SW12) | 563 | Vehicle crime (24%) | — |
| Clapham (SW4) | 1,464 | Anti-social behaviour (25%) | 1.8km |
| Brixton & Streatham Hill (SW2) | 1,176 | Anti-social behaviour (24%) | 2.1km |
| Battersea (SW11) | 985 | Anti-social behaviour (29%) | 2.7km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest SW12, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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