Crime in SW
How much crime is recorded in SW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Region
- London
- Population
- 983,233 (2024)
SWPostcode area · South West London
How safe is SW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in SW, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all council areas.
Around the middle of council areas in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.