St Mary's, Wandsworth: Safety
Safety
Crime in St Mary's is higher than the UK average, though it's actually lower than London's. More importantly, the neighbourhood has seen real improvement — crime dropped significantly between 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, St Mary's recorded 183.5 crimes per 1,000 people. By 2025, that had fallen to 150.8 per 1,000 — roughly an 18% reduction. London's average in 2025 was 204.5 per 1,000, so St Mary's now sits below that. The UK average remains lower at 88.6 per 1,000.
Anti-social behaviour and violent crime account for most recorded incidents in the neighbourhood. Both dropped between 2024 and 2025, which shows the improvement isn't just a one-off — it's part of a genuine downward trend.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Mary's ward (Metropolitan Police Service, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St Mary's ward: Metropolitan Police Service data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St Mary's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
107.4
Similar to
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
London region average
130.2
Neighbouring wards
Similar to
Battersea Park
109.2
Lower than
Falconbrook
126.9
Lower than
Shaftesbury & Queenstown
134.8
Similar to
Thamesfield
109.8
Lower than
Wandsworth Town
143.7
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Mary's ward and the London region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Anti-social behaviour26%21%
- Violent offences24%24%
- Vehicle crime10%7%
- Burglary7%4%
- Other theft7%9%
- Shoplifting5%8%
- Drugs4%5%
- Public order4%5%
- Criminal damage and arson4%5%
- Bicycle theft2%1%
- Theft from the person2%8%
- Robbery2%3%
- Other crime1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%<1%
