Total Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Guildersfield Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Guildersfield Road (SW16 5LS) in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Guildersfield Road (SW16 5LS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 23 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 | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Voss Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rochester Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Danbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Danbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Danbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilldown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmansterne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodmansterne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arragon Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodmansterne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glencairn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilldown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kempshott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hepworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tankerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Guildersfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guildersfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tankerville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tankerville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tankerville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellison Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tankerville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prescott Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rama Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rama Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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