Total Crime Rate

99.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 35th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 345th lowest crime rate of 768 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 This (SW16 2EG) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode SW16 2EG, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 163 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in SW16 2EG area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Carr Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellora Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barrow Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Dyce Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Dyce Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Streatham High Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Streatham High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gleneldon Mews
Apr 2026Drugs Gleneldon Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gleneldon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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