Total Crime Rate
91.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grasmere Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 318th lowest crime rate of 768 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 91.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Streatham Common & Vale average (104.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% 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 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Madeira Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Streatham Wells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Barber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angles Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gleneldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeira Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beechcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polworth Road | — |
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