Total Crime Rate
94.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grasmere Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 365th lowest crime rate of 793 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 Grasmere Road (SW16 2DA) in the last 12 months was 94.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the Streatham Common & Vale average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grasmere Road (SW16 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hopton Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Madeira Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Farnan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Polworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Minehead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Polworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Polworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deerhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deerhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hopton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hopton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farnan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sunnyhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnyhill Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gleneldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeira Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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