Balham

What you said

People

• More police needed on the streets

• Balham High Street hosts anti-social drunken behaviour

• Women experience intimidation and harassment at night from drunk people and drug users

• Intimidating anti-social behaviour under Balham Station Bridge, Lochinvar Estate and Oakmead Road

• Men are increasingly urinating openly on the pavements, roads and against garden gates

Place

• People like the lights in the trees on Hildreth Street and the new public realm improvements along Bedford Hill

• Better lighting needed

• More outdoor space for use in the evenings

• Dark alleyways when walking towards Oldridge Road from bus stop

• Poor lighting on Oakmead Road, Travel Lodge car park, Emmanuel Road and on route beside St Francis Xavier College

• The area around Ramsden Road by the library and Waitrose car park feels unsafe after dark

• Lack of public toilets

• Balham High Road is unclean

Economy

• Primary school could host a market out of hours

• Hidreth Street Market should be open in the evenings

• Hildreth Street night life causes noise nuisance every weekend

• Drinking on Balham High Street spills out into the residential streets

• Night time staff recruitment difficult due to safety concerns and poor transpor

• More venues and activities requested at night and after midnight

What we recommend:

• Work with Police to increase presence in hotspots of anti-social behaviour such as Balham High Street, under Balham Station Bridge, Lochinvar Estate and Oakmead Road

• Consider introducing a public toilet

• A night market either at Hildreth Street or in primary school

• Consider introducing creative lighting and other interventions on roads and car parks highlighted as feeling unsafe such as Oakmead Road and Travel Lodge car park

• Work with businesses on Hildreth Street and Balham High Street to encourage patrons to leave area respectfully

• Consider introducing a new late night venue or existing venue to stay open longer with live music