Crime Rates at Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1BB

Streatham High Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Streatham Hill East , and the 28th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Streatham High Road (SW16 1BB) in the last 12 months was 834.4 per 1,000 residents and was 905.5% higher than the Streatham Hill East average (83.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 253 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 132 (≈ 206.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Streatham High Road (SW16 1BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 317 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockley Road (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.