Total Crime Rate
112.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Babington 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.
View Crime In Streatham St Leonard's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whinfell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whinfell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gleneagle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gleneagle Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Dyce Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Dyce Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Dyce Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferrers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmile Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinfell Close | Under investigation |
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