Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Leigham Court Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knight's Hill , and the 380th lowest crime rate of 793 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 Leigham Court Road (SW16 2RB) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Knight's Hill average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leigham Court Road (SW16 2RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadash Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colyton Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Leigham Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colyton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft James Boswell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colyton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lamberhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamberhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colyton Lane
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Normington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Springwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chichester Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivymount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rockhampton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadash Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colyton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadash Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Boswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadash Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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