Crime Rate in Streatham St Leonard's, ward

Streatham St Leonard's has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 656th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 151st highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Streatham St Leonard's in the last 12 months was 145.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Lambeth district average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Streatham St Leonard's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 582 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , down -10.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 23.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -19.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 805 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Streatham St Leonard's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 430 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.