Balham vs Lady Margaret

Balham has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 7,165 crimes in the last 12 months. Lady Margaret has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 6,968 crimes. Balham scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Balham shows a year-on-year crime trend of +4.8% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Lady Margaret shows +3.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Balham, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (1,531 incidents). In Lady Margaret, it is Violent Crime (2,031 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Balham recorded 1,531 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Lady Margaret recorded 1,449. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Balham totalled 1,373 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 2,031 in Lady Margaret. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Balham recorded 6,835 crimes (now 7,165, a change of +4.8%). Lady Margaret recorded 6,722 crimes previously (now 6,968, +3.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Balham has a resolution rate of 40.6% and Lady Margaret has 28.6%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Balham falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Lady Margaret is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Balham and Lady Margaret. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.