Crime Rates at Meadfoot Road, London, SW16 5BL

Meadfoot Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 345th highest 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 Meadfoot Road (SW16 5BL) in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% higher 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 Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadfoot Road (SW16 5BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bennetts Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.