Crime Rates at Wellfield Road, London, SW16 2BT

Wellfield Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Streatham Hill East , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellfield Road (SW16 2BT) in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% lower than the Streatham Hill East average (83.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellfield Road (SW16 2BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hopton Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrubbery Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.