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

Streatham High Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Streatham Hill East , and the 289th 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 1PH) in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Streatham Hill East average (77.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Streatham High Road (SW16 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 375 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.