Total Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This 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.
View Crime In Streatham Common & Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Carr Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Dyce Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Dyce Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gleneldon Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gleneldon Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gleneldon Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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