Total Crime Rate
119.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosedene Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 341st highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rosedene Avenue (SW16 2LT) in the last 12 months was 119.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Knight's Hill average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosedene Avenue (SW16 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadash Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockfield Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Streatham Hill East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tredwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigham Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigham Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigham Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leigham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tredwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tredwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Curtis Field Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadash Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caroline Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Romeyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosedene Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosedene Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Nod Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigham Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadash Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadash Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hailsham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adare Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountearl Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adare Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culverhouse Gardens | — |
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