Total Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Carr Gardens 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 Albert Carr Gardens (SW16 3HD) 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 Albert Carr Gardens (SW16 3HD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 173 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Streatham Common & Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rutford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rutford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rutford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Carr Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwell Road Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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