Total Crime Rate

112.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 23.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Babington Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 370th 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 Babington Road (SW16 6AN) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Babington Road (SW16 6AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 163 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Babington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Whinfell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Whinfell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gleneagle Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gleneagle Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Dyce Mews
Apr 2026Other theft William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Dyce Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Dyce Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferrers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fernwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairmile Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whinfell Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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