Crime Rates at Barrow Road, London, SW16 5PG

Barrow Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 303rd 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 Barrow Road (SW16 5PG) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrow Road (SW16 5PG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.