Total Crime Rate
338.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
172.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Natal Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Streatham Common & Vale , and the 88th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Natal Road (SW16 6JA) in the last 12 months was 338.4 per 1,000 residents and was 225.4% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 172.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Natal Road (SW16 6JA), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairmile Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmile Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Babington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gleneagle Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rotherhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rotherhill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rotherhill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pathfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferrers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Natal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Natal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmile Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Gardens | — |
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