Crime Rates at Penistone Road, London, SW16 5LU

Penistone Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 278th highest crime rate of 768 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 Penistone Road (SW16 5LU) in the last 12 months was 140.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penistone Road (SW16 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westwell Road Approach, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.