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

Streatham High Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 171st highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Streatham High Road (SW16 1HS) in the last 12 months was 190.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% higher than the Streatham Common & Vale average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Streatham High Road (SW16 1HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 390 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockley Road (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.