Total Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodbourne Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Streatham Hill East , and the 301st lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodbourne Avenue (SW16 1UX) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodbourne Avenue (SW16 1UX), 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.
View Crime In Streatham St Leonard's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Ephraim Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prentis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ockley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ockley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Ephraim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mount Ephraim Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfield Grove | — |
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