Borough safety · Inner London · data through June 2026

How safe is Wandsworth, London?

Wandsworth, London covers 22 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 75/100 — above the Inner London median of 59, so a typical neighbourhood here reads safer than a typical one across Inner London. Roehampton scores highest at 85/100; Nine Elms lowest at 60/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 11 of 22 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 11 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Wandsworth, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Roehampton	85/100	Low risk	103
2 West Putney	85/100	Low risk	104
3 Thamesfield	83/100	Low risk	159
4 West Hill	83/100	Low risk	128
5 Southfields	79/100	Low risk	191
6 Wandle	78/100	Low risk	218
7 East Putney	77/100	Low risk	207
8 Northcote	77/100	Low risk	217
9 South Balham	76/100	Low risk	228
10 Wandsworth Common	76/100	Low risk	209
11 Balham	75/100	Low risk	266
12 Battersea Park	74/100	Moderate	242
13 Furzedown	73/100	Moderate	219
14 Trinity	72/100	Moderate	282
15 Wandsworth Town	69/100	Moderate	311
16 Shaftesbury & Queenstown	66/100	Moderate	352
17 Lavender	65/100	Moderate	394
18 Tooting Bec	65/100	Moderate	371
19 Tooting Broadway	64/100	Moderate	363
20 St Mary's	61/100	Moderate	443
21 Falconbrook	60/100	Moderate	478
22 Nine Elms	60/100	Moderate	458

How Wandsworth compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	79/100	23
Wandsworth (this page)	75/100	22
Lewisham	70/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	61/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	59/100	18
Lambeth	56/100	25
Hackney	56/100	21
Southwark	55/100	23
Camden	55/100	20
Tower Hamlets	55/100	20
Westminster	51/100	18
Islington	48/100	17

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Wandsworth, London?

Roehampton has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Wandsworth, London, at 85/100 (low risk), from 103 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. West Putney (85/100) and Thamesfield (83/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Wandsworth, London has the most reported crime?

Nine Elms has the lowest index in Wandsworth, London, at 60/100, with 458 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Wandsworth, London safe?

Across its 22 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 75/100, against 59 across Inner London. 11 rate low risk, 11 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Wandsworth, London is the median of its 22 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.