Total Crime Rate

181.8 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Robbery 32.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Polworth Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 181st highest crime rate of 793 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 Polworth Road (SW16 2HD) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% higher than the Streatham Common & Vale average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (β‰ˆ 116.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Polworth Road (SW16 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Polworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madeira Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polworth Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rutford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polworth Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polworth Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft William Dyce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft William Dyce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Dyce Mews β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gleneagle Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gleneagle Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gleneagle Mews β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gleneagle Mews β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Albert Carr Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bournevale Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westwell Road Approach β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Streatham High Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Streatham High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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