Total Crime Rate

59.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 59.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Heybridge Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 195th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heybridge Avenue (SW16 3DX) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heybridge Avenue (SW16 3DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penistone Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heybridge Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Baldry Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hermitage Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hermitage Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fontaine Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Streatham High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Streatham Common South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Walk —
Sep 2025Drugs Hilldown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plum Tree Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plum Tree Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Copley Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granville Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penistone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granville Gardens —

Data Sources

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